Wedding photos from this era are to be found in their thousands and perhaps they interest me because they differ so much from such recorded events in our own day. I suppose the bride stood – the better to show her gown, but why the groom is so often seated awkwardly is something I have never understood.
As is true in this example, there is not a hint of a smile or evidence of joy in their union – they might have had their portraits taken separately and the result would be the same, but here is proof of their connection all the same, a useful adjunct to the marriage license.
I may be guilty of seeing the expectations of their time through the filter of my own. I will, however, wish them well from a place in time they could never imagine.