Men Together: Portraits Of Love, Commitment, And Life [Hardcover]

Anderson Jones (Author), David Fields (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 9, 1997

An engaging celebration and affirmation of gay love, combining evocative black-and-white portrait photographs with sensitive and revealing essays about each of the 29 couples featured. These personal stories share unconventional flirtations, selfless commitments, loving camaraderies, and undying passions.

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Amazon.com Review

While the fight for gay marriage rages in America, it is easy to forget that, even without legal papers, there have always been gay male and lesbian couples. Despite the struggle to maintain, often without social or religious support, these relationships have thrived, withered, grown, floundered, and blossomed just like heterosexual unions. Men Together is a photographic and journalistic record of 29 gay male couples who have struggled and grown together over the years. Mixing the well known--Mr. Blackwell, Congressman Barney Frank, Frasier costar Dan Butler--with ordinary men--David Heinzen and Aaron Kampfe, gay cowboys who own a ranch in Montana--journalist Anderson Jones and photographer David Fields have created a tapestry of gay male life, love, and longing at the end of the 20th century. Beautifully produced (Fields's portraits of each couple are gorgeous) and wittily written, Men Together is a fine and fitting testament to the depth and reality of gay male love. --Michael Bronski

Product Details

• Hardcover: 128 pages
• Publisher: Running Press (September 9, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762400625
• ISBN-13: 978-0762400621
• Product Dimensions: 11.5 x 9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,906,989 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Helps parents understand!, May 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Men Together: Portraits Of Love, Commitment, And Life (Hardcover)

I gave this book to my mother when my partner and I decided to have a commitment ceremony. Mom was having trouble understanding and didn't seem to recognize our commitment to each other as equally valid to straight marriages. After she read the book, she sent my partner a HUGE bouquet of flowers and a card telling him she was so pleased that he was going to become an "official" part of our family!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photo-essays: giving gay men real-life role models, October 6, 1997

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This review is from: Men Together: Portraits Of Love, Commitment, And Life (Hardcover)

Gay men need to be reminded that life-long commitment *IS* possible and this book does an excellent job ... the stories of the 29 gay couples in the book serves to inspire and gives me hope that one-day I might look upon my relationship in much the same way.

The book is beautifully illustrated by the photography of David Fields and the text by Anderson Jones is relaxed and very enjoyable to read.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, warm, moving, September 30, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Men Together: Portraits Of Love, Commitment, And Life (Hardcover)

Like one of the other reviewers on this page, I grew up without positive Gay role models, and it took decades for me to learn self-respect. This book reminds us that well-adjusted Gay couples can be found throughout our culture, something that's important for young Gay people to learn and for older Gay people to remain aware of.

I'm lucky enough to be acquainted with one of this book's subjects, Steve Langley of Washington, and I have a lot of respect for the choice he and his partner have made to be included. It's a beautiful book.