I met Janelle and Saad at the Islamic Center of New Jersey for their Nikka ceremony and followed them on a lovely drippy day in June through the Cornell Campus for Janelle and Saad’s wedding day festivities. Here’s what it looked like:
The Thakrar family held a sumptuous wedding for their daughter Upta.
I say sumptuous, but maybe I should say scrumptious – I like the three square meal aspect of Indian weddings!
And as a wedding photojournalist, so many allegorical ceremony elements gives me lots of action to capture.
Ok so here’s some of the characters, that’s Upda looking like a bride and giving someone a wink as she’s escorted in by the boys – Amish her brother is picture right in the blue. … Read more
I was deeply moved by the rich and deep gestures of the Indian wedding traditions and their expressive practice.
I hope my reverance shows through the images.
The performances at the reception however, took me by surprise – certainly a delightful surprise. I think I wish I were Indian so that I got invited to all these weddings.
I have a debt of gratitude to pay with these words. I’ve been putting off lifting this weight from my mind due to its extraordinary size. But I recently found the catalyst, a quote: “God will give much more through you than to you.”
I am truly humbled at what you (my clients) have given me this year. You have invited me into your private moments of emotion, and extended the generosity of your families to me. You have provided reason and opportunity for me to expand my artistic vision deeper into the soul of human emotion. You have contributed your lives to my lens and you have generously donated your dollars to see my manic passion. Before this gets too self centered I wanted to make clear that God has given much more through you, than your dollars as I have received a new appreciation and understanding of love and art this year. I hope that I have been an equally effective conduit for God to give my talents away to you.