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Feb 28, 2022 · 100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection is a documentary focusing on a unique, moving, and joy-filled collection of vintage photographs of men in...
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100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection: Directed by David Millbern. With David Millbern, Hugh Nini, Neal Treadwell. 100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection is a TV Special focusing on a unique, moving, and joy-filled collection of vintage photographs of men in love from the 1850s to the 1950s.
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A documentary focusing on a unique, moving and joy-filled collection of vintage photographs of men in love from the 1850s to the 1950s, taken when male partn...
Directed by: David Millbern | 51 min | 2022 | United StatesDavid Millbern’s 100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection is a documentary focusing on ...
- The Risk of Photographing Love
- Using The Pullback Shot to Perfection
- Captions
- Where Did The Collection Start?
- Where to For The Collection Now?
- One Miscellaneous Note
Based on the book, Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love 1850s - 1950s, the documentary 100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection, is a deep dive into Nini and Treadwell's moving collection of vintage photographs of men in love with each other. Over decades, Nini and Treadwell have collected images from flea markets, estate sales,...
Watching the film is very much like a long slow pullback, the reveal that these couples took the chance to memorialize their love in the face of prejudice and danger is exhilarating. I found myself considering the well of hope that these men must have contained despite the melancholy that, for the most part, these relationships had to remain hidden...
Old-school printed matte photographs give the owners a chance to write quick missives or long poetic odes on the reverse. The film highlights a few captions, but I had to ask Nini and Treadwell which were their favorites. Both Nini and Treadwell picked captions that sum up the intimate nature of the images, the boldness involved in the act of photo...
I was curious where Nini and Treadwell's collection started. For Nini and Treadwell, the documentary is aptly named, An Accidental Collection. Having found a single image that felt like a fluke, Nini and Treadwell never expected to find more. Nini and Treadwell are constantly surprised that the images have lasted so long. Certainly, there is a risk...
Nini and Treadwell confirmed that the success of their book has made collecting much more difficult. Basically, the book has created hundreds of collectors who are now also looking for similar images. This makes the images even more rare than they had been, which, as supply and demand dictates, raises the price. The success of the book spurred cont...
There are a few photos in the documentary that feature one of the men sporting a spoon in his pant cuff. Nini and Treadwell also noticed this. Having done a little research, Nini and Treadwell explained that a spoon was a simple for courting or available for courting in the mid-19th Century. Women would slip a spoon into their outfit. Clearly some ...
Apr 12, 2022 · April 12, 2022, 2:25 PM UTC. By Jay Valle. A new documentary based on a vast collection of old photos featuring gay men in love going back to the mid-1800s has made its television debut. “100 ...
Jun 29, 2022 · The new documentary from Emmy-winning actor and producer David Millbern, 100 Years of Men in Love: The Accidental Collection showcases intimate vintage photos of gay men who had the courage to celebrate their love and authenticity, long before LGBTQ rights or marriage equality was even thought of. Based on the book Loving: A Photographic ...
