About Joe

Joe Tresh owned his first hand-me-down Polaroid and Kodak instant cameras when he was a young boy in the 1970s and continues in today’s digital age to be fascinated by the still image’s emotional strength and ability to capture history. He has been photographing LGBT events for over 20 years, including historical LGBT news events such as President Obama signing the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act, the recent National Equality March, the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation in 1993, Stonewall 25, Gay Games IV, the Millennium March on Washington, and the induction of Frank Kameny’s papers into the Library of Congress. He is the first contributing photographer to be syndicated with Q Syndicate, the nation’s leading provider of content for LGBT publications. He is a contributing photographer to DC Agenda. His photographs have been published by Der Spiegel, Advocate, Washington Post, Washington Blade, Out Magazine, Bay Windows, Windy City Times, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia City Paper, Philadelphia Gay News, Bay Area Reporter, Pridesource, Gay & Lesbian Times, American Bear Magazine, Fox News, and others.

A portfolio of images