Puerto Rican Wedding, New York, NY, 1972

As they emerge from a Roman Catholic mass in a hail of rice, Frank and Carmen are embraced by those who witnessed their the nuptials. The bridal party will proceed to having their photographs taken while the celebrants go home to dress up for the reception.

Katrina Thomas's notes: A great many Puerto Ricans emigrated from the Commonwealth in the 1940's and 1950's to New York City where their culture is convenient to me because they live in East Harlem, known as El Barrio, close to my own apartment in Manhattan. Most of them are Catholics and keep no special customs. If bridal portraits are not taken in a picture studio, the newlyweds like to pose in the country setting of Central Park, which is not only handy but available at no cost, if the weather obliges.