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As you can see, I&#;m mixing things up a bit with this week&#;s Vintage Gay post. I go after an art blog (you can see it in my blogroll) called ultrawolvesunderthefullmoon and the artwork of this Japanese artist caught my attention. In the images above and below I notice gay men from the s. Their clothing, preppy haircuts, and cleancut look scream s to me.
Ben Kimura (木村べん) b. – d. was a Japanese gay erotic artist who along with George Takeuchi and Sadao Hasegawa, is noted as a central figure in the second wave of contemporary gay artists that emerged in Japan in the s.
You can learn more about this artist and see some more of his work here.
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Newly Published Portraits Document a Century of Gay Men in Love
&#;Loving&#; features around photos that extend an intimate observe at men&#;s adoration 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 affair 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 treasure between men.
“The unlock 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 own been less understood than they would be today, was not without uncertainty. 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 product of their trips to flea markets, shops, estate sales a
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The Photography of Montague Glover
Born in May of in Leamington Spa, a spa town known for its medicinal waters, Montague Charles Glover was a British freelance architect and private photographer. He is best acknowledged for his photographs depicting homosexual life in London during the early and mid-twentieth century when homosexuality was illegal. The majority of his oeuvre, shot during a period of increasing persecutions against homosexuals, documented members of the military forces and the working class, whose social class divisions are depicted through their dress.
The youngest of five siblings and the only male youth, Montague Glover entered the British Army in for service in the first World War. He was a member of the Artist Rifles Regiment, a regiment of the Territorial Force which saw active service during the war. Glover was promoted to Second Lieutenant in and was awarded the Military Cross for Bravery in
Glover is notable for his photographs depicting the partnership with his long-time lover, Ralph Edward Hall, who was born in December of in Be
In Love and Invisible: Vintage Portraits of Gay and Lesbian Couples from the Late 19th and Prior 20th Centuries
A photographic portrait of a couple serves as a public assertion 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 ahead 20th centuries, a occasion often associated with repression, many gay and queer woman 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 devote that dare not utter its name,&#; gay and lesbian couples often chose to express their tenderness openly.
In fact, numerous gay 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.&#;
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