Portraits of Each Other

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In line with all the sentiment I put into our anniversary picnic, mementos from our life together, I chose this Pablo Neruda poem, a souvenir from our time in Santiago, Chile, to read to Kevin over our picnic spread… a verbal anniversary card if you will…which now unfolds into our visual history with these intimate and simple snapshots of each other capturing this time alone – he & I on the beach with nothing but the sea.:

“I don’t love you as if you were a rose of salt, topaz,   

or arrow of carnations that propagate fire:   

I love you as one loves certain obscure things,   

secretly, between the shadow and the soul.

 

I love you as the plant that doesn’t bloom but carries   

the light of those flowers, hidden, within itself,   

and thanks to your love the tight aroma that arose   

from the earth lives dimly in my body.

 

I love you without knowing how, or when, or from where,   

I love you directly without problems or pride:

I love you like this because I don’t know any other way to love,

except in this form in which I am not nor are you,   

so close that your hand upon my chest is mine,   

so close that your eyes close with my dreams.”

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19 thoughts on “Portraits of Each Other

  1. Happy Anniversary! These are lovely portraits! I remember I started following you on instagram after you posted a photos on your way to your rehearsal dinner in a beautiful dress. It’s been an exciting two years just from your work alone! Cheers to a lifetime of happiness and beautiful moments captured by Ann Street Studio!

  2. I love your portraits. I think I came across your photos through Instagram first under your account. I fell In love with your photos of New York the rawness, glamour and simplicity. I admire your style.

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