Candid wedding photography – wedding photojournalism – what’s in a name?  One suggests the snapshots taken by friends or family mostly after the blessed event.   These might be informally posed – but usually not at all.  Photojournalism, wedding or otherwise, makes one think of a documentary…maybe even artistically crafted.  But still it’s usually a succinct report – too brief and typically edited to reveal what may be, in fact, the true essence of the day.

From the sweetness of the Traditional under-nose kiss to pain and frustration as seen in Trouble in Tragus, this collection of photographs informs us about thoughts, ideas and emotions that were entwined around the different but always nuptially skewed occasions.  There’s the wry humor seen in pictures like I thought we were wearing white or I’m so happy for you where the photograph seems to speak to what must be going through the subjects’ minds.  Rounding out the day’s story is the erotic intrigue that can be imagined in Victoria’s Secret or possibly even It is happening. 

All of these photographs are chosen because they capture those private moments in public settings that tighten the aperture providing more depth, and a finer focus, and thus more fidelity to the record of the occasions told here in the brides, and the lies, and the beers.

FIRST THURSDAY – November 3rd, 2011-  6 – 10PM:  Opening of “the Brides and the Lies and the Beers” photo exibit by Jason Meade.  Sponsored by our pals at Real Ale Brewing……that means your thirst will be quenched on us!

Sig’s Lagoon, Houston TX…. from Brenda Cruz on Vimeo.

Lindsey Kuhn has been screen printing since 1984. For the past 18 years he has been creating posters for shows around the world, keeping his do-it-yourself ethic alive by printing and selling his own work as well as other artists through his print company called SWAMP. Lure of The Swamp is his first book, featuring over 100 color pages of pure rock poster art. It chronicles 26 years of Lindsey’s printing history through vivid imagery and interviews. Posters for Jesus Lizard, Rev. Horton Heat, Bikini Kill, The Cramps, White Zombie, Jabberjaw, Man… Or Astroman?, Butthole Surfers, My Bloody Valentine, Judas Priest, Aerosmith, The Faint, Gogol Bordello, and many more. If you like rock posters this is the book to get! Color. “If there is one thing that makes America great, it’s a special type of self made pioneer, the true D.I.Y… The Trailblazer! That unique person that grabs a hold of his world and his culture and molds it into energy and momentum. There’s an old term for it, STOKED. And Lindsey is a being, STOKED to the fullest!” -Frank Kozik