Vintage gay men photos
UltraWolves Search by Name
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 known 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 kid, 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
&#;The only queer people are those who don&#;t love anybody&#;
&#; Rita Mae Brown
Photo strip: Circa ,
Gay love is adore. Gay sex is love. In Loving: A Photographic History of Men in Love s– we view men loving men in various ambrotypes, daguerreotypes, glass negatives, tintypes, cabinet cards, photo postcards, photo strips, photomatics and snapshots. Pictures of love should elevate a smile. But when love is outlawed, these images show us how far we&#;ve appear and in many places still own to travel. Life is hard. To live a covert life when treasure between consenting adults is banned and censured by people sure they recognize better risk making the difficult unbearable.
&#;Our collection began when we came across an old photo that we thought was one of a kind. The subjects in that vintage photo were two young men, embracing and gazing at one another &#; clearly in love. We looked at that photo, and it reflected us back to ourselves. We were intrigued that a photo like that could have survived into the 21st century. Who were they? And how did th
Tag Archives: Vintage Gay
As you can watch, I&#;m mixing things up a bit with this week&#;s Vintage Gay share. I follow 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 see 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.
Previous Vintage Gay Photos
Newly Published Portraits Document a Century of Gay Men in Love
&#;Loving&#; features around photos that give an intimate verb at men&#;s noun 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 relationship 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 affection between men.
“The uncover 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 noun. 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 consequence of their trips to flea markets, shops, estate sales a