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Newly Published Portraits Document a Century of Gay Men in Love
&#;Loving&#; features around photos that give an intimate look at men&#;s love between the s and s
When Texas couple Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell stumbled onto a s-era photograph in a Dallas antiques shop some 20 years ago, they were startled to see a relationship that looked much like theirs: two men, embracing and clearly in love.
As Dee Swann writes for the Washington Post, the image spoke to the couple about the history of love between men.
“The open expression of the love that they shared also revealed a moment of determination,” Nini and Treadwell tell the Post. “Taking such a photo, during a time when they would have been less understood than they would be today, was not without risk. We were intrigued that a photo like this could have survived into the [21st] century. Who were they?”
In the decades that followed this initial discovery, the pair came across more than 2, photos of men in love—at first accidentally and later on purpose. The result of their trips to flea markets, shops, estate sales a
In Love and Invisible: Vintage Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Couples from the Late 19th and Early 20th Centuries
A photographic portrait of a couple serves as a public affirmation of their love and partnership. It conveys a clear message to the world: &#;We love each other. We care deeply for one another. We take pride in who we are together.&#;
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, a time often associated with repression, many gay and lesbian couples boldly celebrated their love through studio portraits.
Despite the prevailing notion that same-sex relationships were shrouded in secrecy, as famously described by Oscar Wilde in his poem &#;Two Loves&#; as &#;the love that dare not speak its name,&#; gay and lesbian couples often chose to express their affection openly.
In fact, numerous same-sex couples lived together openly throughout their lives. This was notably more feasible for women, as societal norms permitted women to live together if they were not married, often referred to euphemistically as &#;female companions.&#;
For men, opportunities for meeting like-minded
‘I feel love’: Nicholas Blair’s images of gay joy and defiance in 80s America
When Nicholas Blair first showed me his photographs for the book Castro to Christopher: Gay Streets of America , I had many thoughts. But, I admit, the one that pushed to the forefront right away was: “Why am I not in any of them?”
I was only half joking.
Back at that benighted time in LGBTQ+ history – way before anyone added the “T”, the “Q” or the “+” – the streets that Blair’s title refers to, San Francisco’s Castro District and New York’s Christopher Street, were occupied by what would now seem like a shockingly circumscribed group of people. On any given weekend on Christopher Street, Manhattan, where I could reliably be found, nearly every person you saw you either knew, recognised, or had already had sex with. While Gay Pride marches would deliver tens of thousands of us to the streets every year, on all other days our footprint was relatively small, insular and every bit as site-specific as the title of Blair’s book suggests.
In the era of these photos, nearly everything that was comm
We are aging and changing as time passes, yet internally we are the same individuals! The art of photography is astonishing. Even though there are moments when you feel like taking photos is unnecessary or you simply don't feel like it, just keep in mind how enjoyable it will be to look back on them in a few or many years. More and more people today are making new versions of their old photographs, whether they are with their partners, friends, or family.
A married gay couple has been melting viewers' hearts on the internet by recreating their adorable pictures from the '80s and '90s and showcasing their endless love over so many years. The couple hold been married since and contain been inseparable since then.
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Bored Panda contacted Richie and Duane who kindly agreed to give an interview regarding the whole idea, process, and struggles in recreating such photos.
First of all, Richie started by sharing insights on how the thought came to life: “Well, going way back, the original inspiration to even take so many p