
Wedding Party. Edison Estate on the Caloosahatchee River. Fort Myers, Florida. March 2011. Re-posted by Paul Goldfinger- 2018—-Blogfinger.net ©.
—Paul Goldfinger, Editor @Blogfinger.
This photo requires a bit of narrative. It’s a gorgeous Saturday in Fort Myers, Florida, at the Edison Estate (the winter home of Thomas A.) We’re milling about, sizing up the tour which we are about to take, when a white limo pulls up. Out spills the bridal party. The wedding photographer is fumbling with his equipment, and the women form a protective ring around the bride.
So here I am with my camera, and this scene unfolds right in front of me. I pick up my Leica M-9 and start shooting. I’m caught up in the event. I’m a paparazzi, circling the scene like a shark—moving in with my wide angle lens.
Just then, a cell phone rings multiple times, with the sound coming from the right side. It’s the bride’s mother’s phone. I snap the photo, and then the bride says, “Mom!! I think your phone’s ringing!!”
Editor’s note: The bride was so beautiful; I can’t leave it like this–with Mom’s phone ringing. Let’s fast forward and imagine a moment later in the day when all attention is focused on the bride.
Here are the JAGUARS: This is one of the all-time great love songs—-By Jerome Kern (music) and Dorothy Fields (lyrics.) Dorothy said that she cried when she first heard Kern’s melody.
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