17 December 2020

Texas Monthly: “Texas Wedding Photographers Have Seen Some $#!+”

The wedding photographer had already spent an hour or two inside with the unmasked wedding party when one of the bridesmaids approached her. The woman thanked her for still showing up, considering everything that’s going on with the groom.

When the photographer asked what she meant by that, the bridesmaid said the groom had tested positive for the coronavirus the day before. She was looking for me to be like, Oh, that’s crazy, like I was going to agree with her that it was fine, the photographer recalls. So I was like, What are you talking about? And she was like, Oh no no no, don’t freak out. He doesn’t have symptoms. He’s fine.


The photographer who got sick after shooting the COVID-positive groom said her experiences throughout the pandemic have left her a little depressed. She recalled one conversation from that wedding, before she left the reception. I have children, she told a bridesmaid, What if my children die? The bridesmaid responded, I understand, but this is her wedding day.

Emily McCullar

Simply beyond words. The cult of selfishness indeed!

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Photo illustration by Texas Monthly; Wedding: Westend61/Getty

Even more reckless considering how many marriages end up in divorce nowadays…

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