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<n>Helsinki, Finland (Embrace)</n>, a photograph by <n>Pentti Sammallahti</n> taken in 1983.

<n>Patrick and Teri reading Baudelaire</n> (1987), a photograph by <n>Nan Goldin</n>.

Actor <n>Dennis Hopper</n> kisses actress <n>Audra Martin</n> at a party, circa 1955. Photo by <n>Archive Photos</n>.

<n>Jane Birkin</n> and <n>Serge Gainsbourg</n> photographed by <n>Georges Kelaïditès</n> in Paris, 1969.

<n>Edie Sedgwick</n> and <n>Andy Warhol</n> on the set of his 1965 film, <n>Poor Little Rich Girl</n>.

A still from <n>William Klein</n>'s 1966 film <n>Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo?</n> with <n>Dorothy McGowan</n> and <n>Sami Frey</n>.

A still from the 1965 film <n>Le Bonheur</n>, directed by <n>Agnès Varda</n>.

A 1983 photograph by <n>Helmut Newton</n> for a <n>Vacheron Constantin</n> advertisement.

A still from <n>Jacques Rivette</n>'s 1969 film <n>L'Amour fou</n>, featuring actors <n>Bulle Ogier</n> and <n>Jean-Pierre Kalfon</n>.

<n>Jane Birkin</n> and <n>Serge Gainsbourg</n> in the 1970s.

<n>Romy Schneider</n> and <n>Alain Delon</n> in Nice, 1968.

<n>Invasion</n> editorial by <n>Peter Lindbergh</n> for <n>Vogue Italia</n> with <n>Guinevere Van Seenus</n> and <n>Fred Ward</n>, 2002.

Artist <n>Jeffrey Jones</n> and his wife, from the book <n>The Studio</n>.

<n>Charlotte Moorman</n> performs <n>John Cage</n>'s composition on <n>Nam June Paik</n> as a human cello, 1965. Photo by <n>Peter Moore</n>.

A couple in Paris, 1967. Photo by <n>Joel Meyerowitz</n>.

<n>Nan and Brian in bed, NYC</n> (1983) by photographer <n>Nan Goldin</n>.

A scene from <n>Pina Bausch</n>'s dance-opera <n>Orpheus und Eurydike</n>, featuring dancer <n>Yann Bridard</n>.

<n>George Harrison</n> and <n>Pattie Boyd</n>.

Musicians <n>Poison Ivy</n> and <n>Lux Interior</n> of <n>The Cramps</n> for French fetish magazine <n>Demonia</n> in 1991.

A 1978 portrait of <n>Jane Birkin</n> and <n>Serge Gainsbourg</n> by photographer <n>Helmut Newton</n>.

Photograph <n>Swan-like embrace, Paris</n> (2001) by <n>Nan Goldin</n>.

<n>The Cock (Kiss)</n> (2002) by photographer <n>Wolfgang Tillmans</n>.

<n>Sisters</n> by photographer <n>Stephane Coutelle</n>, Prague, 1989.