Hello friends!
Don’t these pictures make you smile? Aren’t they some of the happiest, most joyful images you’ll see all weekend? Don’t they make you feel like you’re in love?
You’d better start feeling it, damnit — Lovigin has a project called “Fall In Love” and that’s what, on the surface, these shots are all about. Lovigin took the shots of his two lovers all over the world, at different times and in different poses.
It gets a little tricky when you find out that the two are not actually lovers — they are merely playing lovers for the camera, though clearly they share a genuine bond and real affection. And don’t they seem more loving than most couples you know?
Maybe because they aren’t lovers, when I look at these photos I’m allowed to imagine all kinds of narratives. Are they playing in a madcap, 1940s Hollywood romance? An existentialist, 1960s Parisian one? A late-1980s advertisement for some fancy European perfume? All at the same time?
This is thankful week, and though I’m not in love, I suppose it’s only appropriate for me to say that I’m very thankful for photos like these.