Ray Batchelor writes: “From Johan Dijkink’s Pinterest Board ‘Men and Tango’ Yet is it tango? From a silent unmarked photo – c1930 from the wide trousers – cannot tell us, although a piano accordion would make a good substitute for a bandoneón.” What do you belive the copyright status of
Ray Batchelor writes: “Here is a video clip of that dance from the film: https://youtu.be/qRlWUaIbTco I can remember a time and place – the 1970s in England – when each and every representation of gay men was a cause for discussion and often celebration. I am mindful that this film
Ray Batchelor re-edited this on 22 November 2018: “This comes originally from the Archivo General de la Nación Argentina. It was posted on its Facebook page but, sadly, without an inventory number. The same image and caption are given on the website of Miguel Diel, based in Orange in France. The
Ray Batchelor revised this on 23 November 2018: This detail of the magazine page (the text is chopped off) was downloaded in 2016 from the website of Tangology 101, where this caption accompanies it: “1903 – El Tango Criollo In 1903, the Buenos Aires publication Caras y Caretas published the
Ray Batchelor writes [and adds, 15 01 2020 – see below]: “Downloaded from Wikimedia Commons. Beyond believing what most sources indicate – that these are men, that they are dancing (or practicing, or posing) with each other in a street in Buenos Aires at some time in the 20th century,
Ray Batchelor writes: “Downloaded from a Facebook posting by Bruce Stratton, posted on 18th June 2015. Next to the image, Brigitta Winkler has written: “this is a picture from myself and my grande looking girlfriend angelika in the good old tango days of the 80 ties ….I found it today
Ray Batchelor writes (15 01 2020): I urge you to enlarge this high quality image and look at it very carefully. It is a detail taken from this larger photograph, “El baile de clausura” which appeared in the popular Buenos Aires magazine Caras y Caretas (“Faces & Masks) in 1909.
Ray Batchelor writes: “This image was downloaded from the timeline of the Instituto Argentino del Tango Facebook page. I find this image interesting because, not only does it seem in comic form to prefigure the activities of Queer Tango London with the “Londoner Tango Club” having [albeit, uniformed soldiers, all
Ray Batchelor writes: The title I have given this image is taken from the “Tangology” website: http://www.tangology101.com/main.cfm/title/Tango-History-in-Pictures/id/1165 I find this image interesting because it shows women same sex couples in public. I expect the identification of the location according to Tangology is accurate, although I have seen the same
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