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There are two kinds of women in the world, those who dream of white weddings and those who don't. This summer at the Boston Public Library, an exhibit called "For Better, For Worse: The Contemporary Wedding by Seven Photographers" drew throngs of women from both camps. Featured were some formal and some candid shots of Bostonarea wedding ceremonies and the flurry of activities which occur within their penumbras...
During my numerous pilgrimages to the exhibit, I kept returning to one photograph (which had a certain voyeuristic appeal) of a couple getting ready for their ceremony. The young principals were in relative deshabille--she in a camisole and fuzzy slipers, he, barefoot in trousers and unbuttoned shirt. Their postures suggested the easy familiarity which comes from living together. If this then was the case, why, other than the obvious tax benefits, were they getting married...
...addition to calling attention to the larger problem in society, the exhibit is meant to focus attention on Harvard, Alpert said...
...Zimmerman '92, a passerby, said he supported the exhibit. "It's a thousand little things like this that make a difference," Zimmerman said...
Still, many said the exhibit was important, both for the artists and the viewers. "We hope that people will take a moment to see this as a testimony to the strength of these women," Fortunato said...