Here are some pictures from the week of the same-sex marriages in June. I tried to start a documentary project for the summer, and I wanted to title it "summer of love." However, being an hour away from the city, and having a full time newspaper job took away the time i needed to invest in this project.
this picture was a very sweet moment between the couple and a mother. the other mother, not pictured, however, was very defensive to have any photographers around. she was angry and was asking all journalists to leave. she approached me and i replied, i'm a documentary photographer, as if to smooth over the difference. I also told her City Hall is a public place and explained that because it is, I have the right, and anyone for that matter, to take photographs. The love and supportive embrace is what I like about this picture.
The following two pictures were going to be the start of the project by following a family who will be marrying sometime during the summer months. I am so lucky to have met them. I just wish I was able to follow through in my word about the project. They will marry next weekend! Here, they are pictured receiving their marriage license at City Hall during the week of the same-sex marriage celebration in San Francisco in June.