Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/17

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Subject: RE: [Leica] Wedding photography
From: Paul Chefurka <Paul_Chefurka@pmc-sierra.com>
Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 09:02:03 -0700

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]