Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Fascinating analysis, Brian. It has the ring of truth to it. It also explains why I, raised in a very non-traditional home, felt so out-of-place shooting weddings. Hmmm. Paul Chefurka >-----Original Message----- >From: Brian Reid [mailto:reid@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us] >Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2000 11:41 AM >To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >Subject: Re: [Leica] Wedding photography > >One of the symbolic purposes of weddings, especially church weddings, >is that they are cultural links to the past and future. It's not just >that someone is getting married, it's that they are getting married >using an ancient ceremony that their ancestors used, and that their >desendants will use. It's part of the link to their cultural identity. >It ritually joins the couple not just to each other, in a vacuum, but >to the larger context of the society in which they will be living. [snip]