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Submerged Wedding Portraitures

Ada Wang Captures an Array of Complex and Contradictory Emotions

— February 6, 2013 — Lifestyle
These hauntingly beautiful photos by Ada Wang show a very contradictory relationship between what the bride's clothes represent and what her physical state and submerged body symbolizes.

Though a wedding is supposed to be one of the happiest days of one's life, there is always a very opposing side to one's state of mind. This photo series captures both the beauty and happiness of that day as the woman is fully dressed up in her beautiful white gown and gripping onto her multi-colored bouquet of flowers. Her submerged state symbolizes a melancholy and helpless confinement as she is trapped under water. The bride is stuck in a proverbial glass case of emotions, which she is unable to escape from. It is interesting that Ada Wang is able to articulate this in picture format and demonstrate how a symbolic act of unifying and solidifying people's commitment to each other can leave some feeling confined and utterly helpless.

Trend Themes
1. Submerged Weddings - Wedding photography that utilizes water elements to convey complex emotions and contrasting states of mind.
2. Contradictory Symbolism - Artistic representation that captures the paradoxical duality and opposing emotions at play in significant life events.
3. Melancholic Weddings - The use of visuals to depict the darker side of weddings and marriage, exploring themes of confinement, helplessness and longing.
Industry Implications
1. Photography - New opportunities to experiment with different forms of artistic expression, combining traditional techniques with water elements to enhance visual impact.
2. Wedding Planning - Innovative ways of incorporating water into weddings and various visual art forms to create unique experiences that commemorate significant life events.
3. Visual Arts - Possibilities of expanding the parameters of visual representation and tying up fine arts with significant life events to create haunting and convulsive imagery that generates contemplation and reflection.
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