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Buying a Wedding Dress During Covid-19

Mother & Daughter carry wedding dress across Queen Street West, Toronto

It’s easy to stand near an intersection and shoot people as they pass; it’s a different matter to shoot them in a way that hints at larger story. In this instance, I saw two women carrying a large bag. In itself, it’s visually interesting. On closer examination, I see that the bag is from a wedding dress boutique in The Hudson Bay Store (across the street). The two women appear to be mother and daughter just picking up the daughter’s wedding dress. Of course, I could be reading the scene wrong. It could be the mother’s wedding dress. The women could be unrelated. Who knows? Nevertheless, the scene suggests a story and it raises enough questions to keep us looking.