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<n>Breaking bread</n> by photographer <n>Agnes Lloyd-Platt</n>.

From the series <n>Circadian Authority - Unorganised Thoughts</n> for <n>Orienteer Mapazine</n>'s 'Circadian Rythms' issue.

<n>Andy Lau</n> and <n>Jacklyn Wu</n> in <n>A Moment of Romance</n> (1990), directed by <n>Benny Chan</n>.

The 'abandonment' kiss from <n>Angelin Preljocaj</n>'s ballet <n>Le Parc</n> (1994).

<n>Red Mirror</n>, a 1999 photograph by <n>Ryan McGinley</n>.

<n>We Used to Lay Together</n> (2018) by <n>Clifford Prince King</n> on the cover of <n>Queer Kinship</n>.

<n>Anton Yelchin</n> and <n>Felicity Jones</n> in the 2011 film <n>Like Crazy</n>.

A still from <n>Alain Resnais</n>'s 1959 film <n>Hiroshima mon amour</n> with <n>Emmanuelle Riva</n> and <n>Eiji Okada</n>.

An editorial photograph for Italian fabric converter <n>Etique</n>.

Used as the cover for books including <n>Deadly Fear</n>, <n>The Witness</n>, and <n>Dark Obsession</n>.

Cover art for <n>TENDER</n>'s 2017 album <n>Modern Addiction</n>. Artwork by <n>Rora Blue</n>.

Photographer <n>Nan Goldin</n>'s "<n>Nan and Brian in bed, New York City</n>" (1983).

<n>Enlacé.e.s</n> by photographer <n>Hamza Abouelouafaa</n> for <n>Afterglo</n>.

Photo by <n>Logan Fowler</n> from the series <n>When the Moon was in the Seventh House</n>.

A 1944 photograph of <n>Henri Matisse</n> and <n>Lydia Delektorskaya</n> by <n>Robert Capa</n>.

<n>Zoë Ghertner</n> for <n>i-D</n> with model <n>Colin Jones</n>. Styled by <n>Camilla Nickerson</n>, makeup by <n>Yadim Carranza</n>.

<n>Untitled</n> (2022) by <n>Mark Tennant</n>.

The longer I live, the more deeply I learn that love — whether we call it friendship or family or romance — is the work of mirroring and magnifying each other’s light.


— James Baldwin, Nothing Personal

From the photobook <n>Bachelor</n> by photographer <n>Pierre-Ange Carlotti</n>.

Actors <n>Tony Leung</n> and <n>Maggie Cheung</n> in a scene from the 2000 film <n>In the Mood for Love</n>.

The <n>Hasanlu Lovers</n>, human remains from c. 800 BC, discovered at Teppe Hasanlu, Iran.

Masayuki Takahashi’s Fujino Love Letter

<n>Fujino Love Letter</n>, a 2010 sculpture by <n>Masayuki Takahashi</n> in Fujino, Japan.

A promotional visual for <n>Atum Fine Fragrance</n>.