The collection is inspired by an iconic collection of photographs by Grey Villet from 1966.The photos first appeared in LIFE magazine along with a story entitled ‘The Crimes of Being Married’. It told the story of Richard and Mildred Loving, and inter-racial couple expelled from their home state in Virginia, USA for breaking the states miscegenation statutes.
A court case concerning the couple’s plight became a landmark case in the Civil