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The show, titled “Loving,” is based on the 2020 photography book Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love by Hugh Nini and Neal Treadwell.
The men likely just “wanted to have something to remember themselves by,” as Treadwell tells Reuters’ Denis Balibouse and Gabrielle Tétrault-Farber.
Now, for the first time, the book and exhibition mean that “these couples get to speak for themselves,” as Nini told CNN’s Oscar Holland in 2020. “They couldn’t do it when they were alive, but they can do it now, and I think that’s really powerful.”
Nini and Treadwell, who have been together for more than 30 years, stumbled upon the first photograph in their collection at an antique shop in Dallas, Texas.
It runs a whole gamut, but somehow, they survived. Through this film, they will survive forever.
At the premiere, I sensed and felt the entire audience going on that journey—sitting, watching, contemplating, and fantasizing what their lives must have been like. There’s a photo of two gentlemen—I think it’s in the early 1900s, where they’re on the back of a train car.
Taken in 1927, the snapshot showed two men embracing. I felt such an honor and responsibility to bring these photos and this love to light.
Given the risk of many of these images being made public, how do you think so many of these photographs were kept safe throughout the years?
That’s literally due to Neal and Hugh finding them, and we go into that in the film as well.
They were holding up this little sign in this tintype that said Bourbon Indiana Fair, 1908. Paper disintegrates, and Neal and Hugh are keeping them under lock and key. Loving is available in five languages: French, English, Italian, German and Spanish.
Nini and Treadwell hope that the new exhibition—and shows like it in the future—will continue to spread the message that “love is love,” as Treadwell tells the Art Newspaper’s Karen Chernick.
“Love has been around forever,” he adds.
“Loving” is on view at the Musée Rath in Geneva, Switzerland, through September 24.
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100 Years of Photographs of Gay Men in Love
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So, this film is about a kickboxer who’s going out, riding the world, and doing good work. It was a passion project for Neal and Hugh, and then it became my passion project. Then I came across Hugh and Neal’s collection, and I thought, “Hmm, maybe these are my ancestors.” My dad was born in Bourbon, Indiana in 1926.