“Pride seemed like a huge event then, but looking back it is quaint compared to those of today,” he says. Related: PHOTOS: Vintage Ads for LA’s Gay Bars of the 1970s, Then & Now Light says over the years Pride has taken off in a way he never expected, with more mainstream corporate sponsors and big name celebrities getting involved with each passing year. Related: PHOTOS: Vintage Gay Couples Help Preserve Our Vibrant Queer History ![]() I have always enjoyed photographing people, and my camera is attracted to the beautiful, mostly, and occasionally the bizarre.” I was just attracted to the rich photographic opportunities the events offered. ![]() “It never occurred to me at the time that they would be looked at as history,” Light, who is now retired and living in Iowa City, tells Queerty. “Or that they could one day I could share them easily and widely on something called the internet.
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