| Edition |
First English edition. |
| Description |
335 pages : chiefly illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Amantes amentes / Paolo Maria Noseda -- An accidental collection / Hugh Nini & Neal Treadwell -- Nini-Treadwell Collection -- Entries. |
| Summary |
Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 portrays the history of romantic love between men in hundreds of moving and tender vernacular photographs taken between the years 1850 and 1950. This visual narrative of astonishing sensitivity brings to light an until-now-unpublished collection of hundreds of snapshots, portraits, and group photos taken in the most varied of contexts, both private and public. Taken when male partnerships were often illegal, the photos here were found at flea markets, in shoe boxes, family archives, old suitcases, and later online and at auctions. The collection now includes photos from all over the world: Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Japan, Greece, Latvia, the United States, the United Kingdom, Russia, and Serbia. The subjects were identified as couples by that unmistakable look in the eyes of two people in love - impossible to manufacture or hide. They were also recognized by body language - evidence as subtle as one hand barely grazing another - and by inscriptions, often coded. Included here are ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, glass negatives, tin types, cabinet cards, photo postcards, photo strips, photomatics, and snapshots - over 100 years of social history and the development of photography. Loving will be produced to the highest standards in illustrated book publishing, The photographs - many fragile from age or handling - have been digitized using a technology derived from that used on surveillance satellites and available in only five places around the world. Paper and other materials are among the best available. And Loving will be manufactured at one of the world's elite printers. Loving, the book, will be up to the measure of its message in every way. In these delight-filled pages, couples in love tell their own story for the first time at a time when joy and hope - indeed human connectivity - are crucial lifelines to our better selves. Universal in reach and overwhelming in impact, Loving speaks to our spirit and resilience, our capacity for bliss, and our longing for the shared truths of love. |
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"LOVING: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s-1950s is a visual narrative of rare sensitivity showcasing a unique collection of over 2,700 photographs taken between the 1850s and 1950s depicting romantic love between men taken in the most varied contexts (in domestic, military, or natural settings, such as parks and beaches). We all know what it means to fall in love, to manifest one's feelings, and this awareness emerges with strength to anyone who leafs through LOVING. To love and be loved becomes the one paradigm uniting all humanity. The feelings and emotions that emerge from it are impetuous, all-embracing, and sometimes inexpressible. Readers are introduced to the photographic narrative by the contribution of Paolo Maria Noseda, as well as a text by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell, a Texan couple residing in New York who, for over twenty years, have been collecting photographs that bear witness to romantic love between men. The collection was born in a totally accidental fashion--the first pictures were purchased at flea markets--and includes photographs that are set even outside the United States, in several other countries, such as Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, France, Germany, Greece, Japan, Latvia, the United Kingdom, and Russia. In most cases, the couples are the sole subjects of the image, but there are many instances in which there are other characters with the not-so-subtlety concealed role of witnesses. To these we must of course add the photographer, who is often the only person capable of immortalizing the scene that appears before their eyes. Readers will not in fact be able to disregard the chronologic contextualization of the shots, nor forget that behind each one is concealed an often forbidden love full of hardship and repressed emotions. The over 300 images animating this volume also point to the innumerable transformations that took place between the 19th and the 20th century in the areas of fashion, hairstyle, and automobile design"-- Publisher's website. |
| Note |
The Cushing Library/Women & Gender Studies copy was acquired as part of The Don Kelly Research Collection of Gay Literature and Culture. TXA |
| Subject |
Nini, Hugh -- Photograph collections.
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Treadwell, Neal -- Photograph collections.
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Gay men -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
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Gay men -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
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Gay couples -- History -- 19th century -- Pictorial works.
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Gay couples -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works.
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Portrait photography.
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studio portraits. (CStmoGRI)aat300223022
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commercial portraiture. (CStmoGRI)aat300140969
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Portrait photography. (OCoLC)fst01072259
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Gay couples. (OCoLC)fst00939081
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Gay men. (OCoLC)fst00939117
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Photograph collections. (OCoLC)fst01061600
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
photobooks. (CStmoGRI)aatgf300265728
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Photobooks. (OCoLC)fst01919950
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Pictorial works. (OCoLC)fst01423874
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Photobooks.
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| Added Author |
Noseda, Paolo Maria, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Nini, Hugh, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Treadwell, Neal, writer of supplementary textual content.
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Taylor, Alan, translator.
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| ISBN |
9788874399284 (hardcover) |
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8874399286 (hardcover) |
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9788874399291 (Italian edition) |
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8874399294 (Italian edition) |
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9791037502551 (French edition) |
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9783945543825 (German edition) |
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3945543827 (German edition) |
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