Acadian Wedding, Lafayette, Louisiana

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Acadian Wedding, Lafayette, Louisiana

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Mary Ellen Mark

American Photographer · 1940–2015

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> From my earliest days as a photographer, many of my subjects have been on the edge of or outside the mainstream of our culture. Some of them were pushed over the edge due to painful circumstances and some of them managed to survive even with the most unspeakable and unjust obstacles placed in their lives. I've always tried to let my photographs be a voice for people who have less of an opportuni

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Date
1972
Medium
Gelatin silver print
Culture
American
Department
Photographs
Institution
Getty Museum
Object ID
0d8353dd-17fc-4d72-af6f-386bf5a880aa

A bride and groom stand outside a wooden building dressed in wedding attire. Dollar bills have been attached to the bride’s veil in a Cajun wedding tradition.

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