Laura & Shirlette's Community-Centric Wedding in Saxapahaw, NC

It feels like a lifetime ago, but in October 2021 I was invited to Saxapahaw, NC to document the wedding of a community arts organizer/curator and a musician/film producer. The result was impeccably designed, community-obsessed, absolutely stunning experience that kicked off with the North Carolina poet laureate reciting a poem at the ceremony (everybody wept, including me) and ended with a live band at the reception that was channeling James Brown and the Famous Flames. Top to bottom, it was one of the most fun weddings we’ve ever documented, AND the love between the two brides was absolutely radiating the entire time. Wow, wow, wow.