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I have mixed feelings about this photo.
On the one hand, obviously they are a genuine couple, and their lives have been forever altered and they are both heroes in their own way. On the other, I feel like this photo was taken to deliberately manipulate emotions. No one has an expression like that in their wedding photos--think about it, if she's decided to stick with her man and make the best of what's happened, she's going to try to smile and do just that. This is absolutely not the wedding photo that will be going on their wall, you know what I mean?
I see two possibilities:
1.) This is a candid shot they weren't expecting--her face looks sort of blank to me, and he's not looking at the camera at all. I have a few wedding photos where my face is all contorted, but that's because I was in the middle of saying something, not because my wedding day was wretched.
2.) They want to make a statement against the war, so they deliberately posed for a serious shot. They have clearly consented for the photo to be used, whether it was posed or just an accidentally poignant shot.
I guess what I'm saying is, I feel like the sadness of their situation is somewhat tarnished for me by my suspicions that it is being intentionally used as a political statement. I don't trust the look on the bride's face (or the implied look, I guess), and that makes me feel bad that he (they) are being exploited. I dunno. Maybe I sound like an ass. The whole thing just makes me uncomfortable.
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