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Dear Friends

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PHOTOGRAPHER UNKNOWN, SUBJECTS UNKNOWN, TINTYPE, (3 3/8 X 2 1/2"), C. 1880

Dear Friends is certainly one of the most interesting and provocative studies of American photography to have appeared in years. Deitcher refuses to read these poignant images EITHER as clear-cut evidence of gay relationships OR as . . . merely the standard poses of comradeship of the period. Instead, he investigates the unexplored territory that lies between these two poles—a history of social relations, personal contact, and literary friendship.
— Linda Nochlin