Weddings

As it happens

Bride in a long veil and lace-sleeved gown embracing a groom in a white jacket on a wooden footbridge, in front of dense green foliage.

Pair of polished black dress shoes with a bow tie and cufflinks on a windowsill, houses visible outside.

Hands applying henna to a palm beside a small bowl of henna paste, framed by embroidered sleeves.

Hands fastening a wide gold bracelet over a bride’s lace sleeve beside a white tuxedo jacket.

Groom in a white tuxedo jacket and bride in lace sleeves holding hands while she reads handwritten vows, outdoors among greenery.

Black-and-white photograph of a bride and groom smiling cheek to cheek beneath a sheer embroidered veil held over them.

Guests dancing in a circle at a wedding reception, many in flowing yellow and patterned attire.

Bride in a white headscarf and sequined gown laughing as she speaks into a microphone, her hands decorated with henna, guests around her.

Most of a wedding day happens without direction, so it is photographed that way — close when it counts, out of sight the rest of the time. The portraits are the only part that’s planned, and even those keep moving.

Bride in an embroidered gown and crown raised in an ornate white-and-gold canopied litter, known as an amaria, carried by men in red fez hats in a reception hall.

Couple sharing a first dance in low haze under violet lighting in a reception hall.

Black-and-white close view of a couple’s clasped hands mid-dance, a wedding ring in focus and the smiling bride softly blurred behind.

A bride in an off-the-shoulder gown and a groom in a blue suit walk hand in hand along a wooden boardwalk, a church with green copper spires and tall trees behind them.

Black-and-white photo of a bride in a long veil and her groom dancing close, cold-spark fountains behind them and guests watching beside a tiered wedding cake.

Black-and-white close-up of a smiling bride with her eyes closed as the groom’s hand rests on her neck, her engagement ring visible on the hand at his shoulder.

Black-and-white photo of a laughing bride lifting her gown and bouquet as she walks through a garden beside her groom in a tuxedo.

Black-and-white photo of a groom kissing his bride’s forehead under hanging branches, her long veil falling over a lace gown.

Black-and-white photo of a bride smiling toward the camera from beside her groom, seen from behind, a bouquet of white roses in her hands on a garden path.

Black-and-white detail of a bride’s lace sleeve and bouquet of white roses beside the groom’s white jacket.

Black-and-white photo of a bride and groom kissing in front of tall grasses and dense foliage.

A bride and groom seen from behind, holding hands on a wooden boardwalk and facing a church bell tower framed by trees.

Black-and-white photo of a bride with her arms around her groom’s neck in a garden, flowering shrubs behind them.

Black-and-white photo of a groom in a white tuxedo jacket waiting on a wooden footbridge while the bride walks toward him along the path behind.

Black-and-white photo of a bride resting her head on her groom’s chest on a garden path, a white bouquet in her hand.

Black-and-white photo of a bride and groom laughing together, the groom holding a white bouquet, a wooden gazebo railing behind them.

Black-and-white close-up of a bride and groom face to face beneath a sheer veil, her hand on his lapel.

Black-and-white photo of a bride in a white headwrap and beaded gown looking down, surrounded by smiling women celebrating.

A man in a white shirt dances in the middle of a reception while guests in colourful traditional outfits clap and film around him, a flower wall and tufted backdrop behind.

A bride in an off-the-shoulder gown and a groom in a blue suit walk hand in hand along a wooden boardwalk, a church with green copper spires and tall trees behind them.

Black-and-white detail of a bride’s lace sleeve and bouquet of white roses beside the groom’s white jacket.

Black-and-white photo of a bride with her arms around her groom’s neck in a garden, flowering shrubs behind them.

Black-and-white photo of a bride resting her head on her groom’s chest on a garden path, a white bouquet in her hand.

Black-and-white close-up of a bride and groom face to face beneath a sheer veil, her hand on his lapel.

Black-and-white photo of a bride in a long veil and her groom dancing close, cold-spark fountains behind them and guests watching beside a tiered wedding cake.

Black-and-white photo of a laughing bride lifting her gown and bouquet as she walks through a garden beside her groom in a tuxedo.

Black-and-white photo of a bride smiling toward the camera from beside her groom, seen from behind, a bouquet of white roses in her hands on a garden path.

Black-and-white photo of a bride and groom kissing in front of tall grasses and dense foliage.

Black-and-white photo of a groom in a white tuxedo jacket waiting on a wooden footbridge while the bride walks toward him along the path behind.

Black-and-white photo of a bride and groom laughing together, the groom holding a white bouquet, a wooden gazebo railing behind them.

A man in a white shirt dances in the middle of a reception while guests in colourful traditional outfits clap and film around him, a flower wall and tufted backdrop behind.

Black-and-white close-up of a smiling bride with her eyes closed as the groom’s hand rests on her neck, her engagement ring visible on the hand at his shoulder.

Black-and-white photo of a groom kissing his bride’s forehead under hanging branches, her long veil falling over a lace gown.

A bride and groom seen from behind, holding hands on a wooden boardwalk and facing a church bell tower framed by trees.

Black-and-white photo of a bride in a white headwrap and beaded gown looking down, surrounded by smiling women celebrating.