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Loving: A Century of Photos of Men in Love

Loving: A Century of Photos of Men in Love

In 20 years, Hugh Nini and his husband Neal Treadwell have collected 2,800 photographs of male couples. These ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, glass negatives, tintype, cabinet cards, postcards, photo strips, photomatics and snapshots represent more than one hundred years of social history that reflect the evolution of fashion, hairstyles and societal norms. The two collectors tell us the romantic story of these wonderful images and this singular collection, now available in a book entitled Loving.

Our collection began twenty years ago when we came across an old photo that we thought was one of a kind. The subjects in this vintage photo were two young men, embracing and gazing at one another—clearly in love. We looked at that photo, and it...

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