Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell’s journey began in an antiques shop in Dallas when they discovered a photograph of two men, unmistakably in love.
Nini and Treadwell saw themselves in the two men in the photograph and were filled with so many questions about who they were. Neither of them expected that this photograph would become the first of a 2,800-image collection and that they would publish their own book, “Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950″
Nini and Treadwell would come to refer to this book as their “accidental collection.” Each year, as they travelled Europe, Canada and the United States, they combed through boxes of photos at flea markets and in antiques shops to find more photos of men in love. In the beginning, the collection was composed only of found photographs that they felt spoke to them. Eventually, they began to pursue them actively online, in estate sales and in family archives.
Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love, 1850-1950 now available @ Darlinghurst bookshop in Australia. https://www.thebookshop.com.au/books/general-lgbtiq/art-and-photography/loving-a-photographic-history-of-men-in-love/
Also available in the USA @ Domus https://www.domusnewyork.com/product/loving-a-photographic-history-of-men-in-love-1850s-1950s/
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