Larry & Ashley

An Editorial In Black & White

Ashley is an architect and Larry restores vintage cameras, so their wedding had a point of view: sharp tailoring, one long dock, wind off the water doing whatever it wanted. They asked for the whole gallery in black and white, and they were right — without color, all that's left is gesture.

The ceremony lasted eleven minutes. The portraits lasted two hours and nobody minded, because the light on the lake kept changing its mind — glass, then silver, then a low gold that turned Ashley's veil translucent. Larry shot three frames of her on his grandfather's Leica between our setups. His are in the gallery too.

Dinner was twelve people, one table, candles that would not stay lit. The toasts were short and devastating. This is the gallery we show couples who say they "don't photograph well" — look what wind, water and being yourselves will do.