GH Nagai Photographics

Joan & Jenn


I know Joan and Jenn from years of knowing Joan's brother, Rich, with whom Barbara and I went to Cal together in the early 60s. This is a relationship of long standing, one that I consider family - so it was such a pleasure when they asked me to chronicle their wedding ceremony with film and camera. They had recently gotten married in San Francisco when the law saw fit to permit gays and lesbians to formally and legally wed - at least for a short while, and today was for family, and for friends - and the law...
The ceremony took place in Joan and Jenn's back yard of their East Bay home, a peaceful and lush green setting with the sound of a little creek running through it. Family and friends gathered on a beautiful sunny day, warm and full of the good thoughts of all present. The ceremony was performed by Penny and David, David being a long time friend and neighbor of Joan's family during childhood, and Penny an incredible partner to David and sister to Joan and Jenn. Today was a family event in so many ways...






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