French screenwriter and director Sebastien Lifshitz has been collecting vintage pictures and photo albums he could find from thrift stores and flea market, and he's been doing this for 30 years! During one of his hunts, he stumbled upon a photo album belonging to a gay couple in the 1950s. The photos i

 
The album held vintage photos of same-sex couples, who at the time, didn't have the luxury of being who they are outside of close family and friends.

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

It was considered a big taboo back then, but that didn't stop them from documenting their lives together.

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

“It was quite unusual to have intimate photos of gay people because most of the time they had to be very discreet,” said Sebastien.

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

At the time when same-sex relationships were viewed as scandalous and oftentimes immoral, these couples risked so much by having their memories captured, immortalized (so to speak) in these photographs.

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

These images give us insight into the lives they lived and the love they shared. A life without inhibitions, a love without the need to conform to gender norms.

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

What mattered to them was that they lived a life of happiness and acceptance from one another.

Sebastien Lifshitz

Sebastien Lifshitz

Isn't that how love's supposed to be?

Sebastien Lifshitz

Intrigued and inspired by this discovery, Sebastien Lifshitz put together a documentary entitled Les Invisibles.

Excerpt LES INVISIBLES (2012) Credit: Richard Lormand

 
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