Since a
visit to Guangzhou (广州), where I've watched the steady come and go of newly weds
with their photographer from sitting at a Starbucks sipping at my coffee, I am
interested in the phenomenon. And I've seen people taking white wedding
photographs all over the world.
Lining up for photographs
A happy couple waiting for their turn
Doesn't this happy woman make your day?
Needless to
say I looked out, when and where couples were to be seen. Oh, Turkmenistan. I
nearly forgot Turkmenistan. It's forbidden in Turkmenistan to take photographs
of weddings, at least tourists aren't allowed to take pictures. Besides the
streets of Ashgabat are as empty as a ghost town.
But already
in Khiva, the first town I've visited in Uzbekistan, I could see, that white
weddings are en vogue in Uzbekistan.
Wedding planning in Khiva
Wedding photography near Lyabi Hauz in Bukhara
Then it
took a while until I chanced upon a white wedding, but I saw a couple in
Tashkent, who was nice enough to let me take the photograph: it had been pitch
dark and the flash wasn't as good as needed, I have to admit.
Wedding in Tashkent
In
Kyrgyzstan couples go to Freedom Square (commemorating World War II) to place
some flowers at the monument have their pictures taken.
Freedom Square with the Yurt
A couple with the photographer taking a video
You will
notice that also the white wedding is established in the Muslim world, at least
in Central Asia.
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