Man to Man

by Borhan, Pierre

• ISBN13: 9780865651869
• ISBN10: 0865651868
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-10-01
• Publisher: Vendome Pr

Summary

This is the first comprehensive study of homoeroticism and male homosexuality in the history of photography. Daguerre’s invention of photography was quickly adapted by men as a gay art form. Pierre Borhan provides a fast-paced overview of the principal themes in 19th-century homoerotic photography. Olivier Saillard surveys the homoerotic urge in fashion photography, from layouts in Vogue and other fashion magazines to the tongue-in-cheek advertising campaigns of Calvin Klein and other fashion icons. Gilles Mora has sought out rare and unpublished prints by such seminal photographers as Horst, Mapplethorpe, and Herb Ritts.

Author Biography

Pierre Borhan was the co-editor in chief of the magazine Cliches from 1984 to 1989 and Director of Photographic Patrimony at France's Ministry of Culture from 1998 to 2003.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. 8
The Slow Emergence of Homosexuality in Photography	p. 10
Friends? Lovers? Male Couples Reveal Themselves and Their "Open Secret"	p. 14
From Nudes for Artists to Artists of the Nude: The Secret Voyeurism of Homosexuals	p. 24
The First Homosexuals to Take Up Photography	p. 40
The Photographer's Choice: Suppression or Emancipation	p. 62
The Gains Made by Reviews and Magazines That Resist the Homophobic Authorities	p. 66
Between Eroticism and Pornography: The Audacity of Homosexual Amateur Photographers	p. 88
Artists, Portraitists and Prominent Observers Free Themselves from Sexual Orthodoxy	p. 106
Famous Photographers Admit Their Homosexuality in Their Private Pictures	p. 124
Art Photographers Declare Their Homosexuality	p. 154
The Free Marketing of Full Nudes	p. 158
Homoeroticism in Fashion and Advertising	p. 202
The Private and Public Life of Gays: Photographers Claim Their Freedom	p. 214
The "Eyes Wide Shut" of Visionary Photographers	p. 256
Notes	p. 280
Select Bibliography	p. 282
Photographic Credits	p. 284
Acknowledgments	p. 286
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