Dan Nicoletta is a freelance photographer who is best known for his three decades documenting the journey of the queer rights movement. At age 19, he began his career as a clerk in Harvey Milk's Castro Street camera store in San Francisco, and worked on three of Harvey's political campaigns. After Harvey's death, along with Harvey's long-time lover Scott Smith and an ad-hock group of Harvey's friends, Dan helped continue the preservation of Harvey's papers and the international dissemination of Harvey's fleeting legacy.

Dan's work can be found in countless documentary films including The Times of Harvey Milk, The Cockettes, books such as Gay by The Bay, and collections such as The New York Public Library and the James C. Hormel Gay and Lesbian Studies Center at the SF Public Library. Dan is currently working on a book of his photographs of queer San Francisco.