Les invisibles (Livro)

Uma vez que não encontrei edição portuguesa ou brasileira (deduzo que não exista), deixo abaixo a versão original francesa e a versão em inglês. 

Les invisibles | Sébastien Lifshitz | 2013

Collectionneur de clichés amateurs depuis une vingtaine d’années, Sébastien Lifshitz a commencé par amasser des images des années 1900 à 1960 représentant des couples homosexuels, avérés ou mis en scène. Trouvées aux Puces ou dans les vide-greniers, ces images le fascinent. Les couples représentés semblent profondément heureux et les photos dans leur ensemble témoignent d’une liberté incroyable, bien loin des idées reçues qui présentent invariablement l’homosexualité du côté de la lutte, du secret ou de la souffrance. Les couples se succèdent, certains posent traditionnellement en affichant une sérénité rassurante, main dans la main, yeux dans les yeux, d’autres comme ces deux femmes créent la surprise en posant telles des mariés en crinoline et haut de forme. 

The Invisibles: Vintage Portraits of Love and Pride | Sébastien Lifshitz | 2014

A charming collection of vintage photos of gay couples privately and often secretly celebrating their relationships. This volume is a unique collection of photographs of gay couples from 1900 to 1960. While this is a time many now regard as the deeply closeted "dark ages," these photos show gay couples who were clearly out (at least for a moment)-some camping it up for the cameras while others in loving or clearly domestic poses. These photographs were discovered and collected by the author at flea markets and garage sales, the names of the subjects and their photographers lost to time. He was intrigued by the fact that the pictures show couples posed hand in hand, revealing happiness, serenity, and a surprising air of freedom so unlike the image of gays suffering in secret or fighting for their rights. 

A coleção de Sébastien Lifshitz, para além de dar origem a este livro fotográfico, já teria dado origem a um documentário com o mesmo nome, em 2012, realizado pelo próprio.