In Love With the Stars showcases three Film Reference Library archival collections — the TIFF Photography Archive, The Jack Pashkovsky Collection, and The Edith Nadajewski Scrapbook Collection — whose creators display a truly reverential relationship to their screen idols, and whose work blurs the line between private and public. Never intending to share their movie-star obsession with a wider audience, these creators sought to remain in the background while shining a light on the stars. But in the process, they created wonderfully imaginative work that illuminates their own selves as well.

The Jack Pashkovsky Collection courtesy of Barry Avrich and TIFF by donation to the Film Reference Library.

Edith Nadajewski Scrapbook Collection donated by the Nadajewski family.

Photography by Tom Arban