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NYC Cat Cafe Elopement - Nelida & Matt
An adventurous, romantic Manhattan elopement spanning 9 NYC locations — Hotel Chelsea, NYC Marriage Bureau, Brooklyn Bridge, Meow Parlor cat cafe, Belvedere Castle in Central Park & a rooftop reception at Skylark. Photographed by Bailey Q Photo.
Queer Elopement at NYC Art Exhibit - Ro & Katie
A queer pop-up wedding inside Luna Luna, the legendary 1987 art amusement park at The Shed in Hudson Yards in Manhattan. Ro & Katie eloped inside an inclusive wedding chapel surrounded by the artwork of Keith Haring, Salvador Dalí & Jean-Michel Basquiat — photographed by Bailey Q Photo, NYC LGBTQIA+ wedding photographer.
Housing Works Bookstore Wedding - Manhattan, NYC - Lauren & Kathleen
Kathleen and Lauren are your classic friends to lovers romance, after meeting in high school, the two started dating and the rest is history! It was important to the couple that their photos were original and didn’t feel staged, they wanted the photos to reflect their quirky, silly selves.
The pair tied the knot (again) at Housing Works Bookstore— a primarily volunteer staffed bookstore run by Housing Works, a NYC based non-profit fighting AIDs and homelessness. The ceremony took place amid dark wooden bookshelves with string lights illuminating the space.
Housing Works Bookstore Wedding - Manhattan, NYC - Julie & Christian
Julie & Christian have been in love for over 30 years. They met in NY during college through a mutual friend, dated for a summer, broke up, and their lives parted ways. They each got married, started families- and then eventually divorced.
One day Christian’s sister Sarah randomly saw a Facebook post Julie wrote, lamenting that she was on dating apps- and hating it. Sarah called Christian, told him Julie was single again, and there was no hesitation- Christian booked a flight ASAP to reconnect with Julie. And here we are, gazing at their wedding photos.
As it turns out, each was “the one that got away” for the other. That mutual friend that introduced them? Yeah- she officiated the ceremony, adding in some personal insider stories (which ended up being their favorite part of the whole day.) Even their teenage kids kind of knew it in the back of their minds- which was disclosed during their pre-written toasts at dinner.