Affectionate Men: A Photographic History of a Century of Male Couples, 1850-1950
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (649 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0312182996 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 112 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Beautiful pics, leaves you wanting more This is what I would call a nice little novelty book--perfectly charming, fascinating historically, but not one I will likely pull out to look at time and time again.The pictures are indeed fascinating (especially the candid nudes!). However--and in fairness, the author stresses this in the foreword--I would guess that a significant number of these "couples" are not romantically linked in any way. I suspect that they most often simply represent a. "Well-designed book makes you wish for more" according to A Customer. While this book is well-designed and many of the photographs are lovely and thought-provoking (Are these men friends, brothers, lovers?), you leave it realizing that this is basically one person's collection of old photographs of men together. I bet there are many, many more--and better examples out there that would have made this book memorable.. Unusual and touching This slim volume of old daguerrotypes, tintypes, and photographs of men together provides a touching reminder of a time when males felt no inhibitions about expressing physical affection for one another and having it documented on film. The men who populate these pages may or may not have been sexual lovers, but their casual embraces and closeness are curiously moving in a time when gay men and women are struggling for acceptance against frequent
In Affectionate Men, photographic collector Russell Bush has assembled an album of images--daguerreotypes, ambrotypes, tintypes, cartes-de-visite, cabinet cards, and ordinary Kodak prints--that form an idiosyncratic record of the affection between men, from the 1850's to the 1950's.The earliest daguerreotypes in the book was made in America around 1850- an image frozen in time long before the invention of the automobile, telephone, radio, or airplane. Some may be gay, others assuredly not, but whatever the relationship, these images celebrate Walt Whitman's "dear love of comrades.". Over a period of one hundred years, we can see the changing styles in clothes, hair, and attitudes, but what remains constant is the expression of affection and love between these men
He lives and works in New York City.. Born, raised and schooled in Pennsylvania, he now lives in New York City. Affectionate Men is his first complete book design. This is the first one he can truly call his own.Ron Lieberman is an award-winning illustrator, designer, and university educator. Russell Bush, former fashion designer turned haut decorator, remains modern in spite of a penchant for the past. His illustrations and logo designs have appear
"Affectionate Men recalls a time when the camera still had magic, and male love was imbued with a Whitmanesque innocence." - Out Magazine