[2][3] His work is included in the collection of Harvard Art Museums,[4] as well as in the Artifacts at the End of a Decade portfolio, a copy of which is held in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
[1] Stellar was born in New York City, growing up in Brooklyn in the 1950s and 1960s.
[5] He studied graphic design and photography at Parsons School of Design in New York City[2] then began working as art director at Art Direction, an advertising agency.
[3] In 1976, Stellar purchased a professional camera and began photographing the gay scene on the streets of Manhattan's West Village including Christopher Street, and on the Christopher Street Pier where men cruised for sex.
[3] Stellar's work is held in the following permanent collections: This article about an American photographer is a stub.