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From Los Angeles Magazine--the Essential Guide to LA Weddings issue:
"The word 'traditional' is not in my vocabulary," says Herzhaft, a documentary photographer who appeals to the open-minded and to the renegade children of socialites. She shoots mainly in black & white and aims to capture the wedding as a sociological event. "Every issue you have with your family and friends comes to a head at the wedding," says Herzhaft. "It's an emotionally loaded event, and I like trying to do something multidimensional, not just have a record of who was there." Her images are stark but not at all unflattering. "I'll take the set photo and color shots if the couple insists, but if I am spending three hours doing setups, I'm not getting the candid shots I'm good at," she says. |
From Brides Magazine--"Hot Shots":
"Weddings are extremely important," says Herzhaft, a Los Angeles based photographer who also works for the entertainment and advertising industries. "They're one of our few remaining social rituals." Working a wedding makes her feel
like "a cultural anthropologist as well as an artist," Herzhaft says, and she's
covered events ranging from the elaborate nuptials of movie moguls to quickie
ceremonies at municipal courts.
A connoisseur of offbeat moments, Herzhaft has her favorite pictures, like the one
she took of a bride giving a pep talk to her ring bearer--who also happened to be her
dog. But she's also taken bridal portraits that are the epitome of romance, like the
image in which the bride's windswept veil seems to be illuminated from within.
The fact that weddings are filled with contrasts of solemnity and silliness captivates
Herzhaft. "Weddings are complex," she says. "It's a deeper document when you photograph
the highs and lows of the wedding, not just the highs." |
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