Bryn and Mike are both rapidly approaching The two met on Myspace in January of So I friended him without sending him a [message] and he sent me a [message] back. We hit it off. Then they decided to make their friendship a reality by meeting in person in February.
They met at a venue in Minneapolis. Mike told Bryn to bring some of her friends. When they began dating, Mike gave Bryan a guitar pick and told her that it would come in handy someday. April he met my parents. May we got engaged. Bryn has just started an event production company and Mike is a musician. Interviews were conducted by Gina Tron and the project is a little bit like reading the New York Times Sunday wedding pages, offering a window into personal stories of connection and love.
Cumbo returned to Brooklyn, NY in where she continues to live and work as a freelance photographer. Given the fast pace of urban life and the digital necessity of our social media, connecting online has become ubiquitous. It was reported in The Daily News in past June, that 1 in 3 married couples met online.
In an article generated by eMarketer, weekly Internet usage in averaged more than 30 hours a week for affluent Americans. For Millenials people it was up to 40 hours a week. As the amount of time we as a society spend in cyber space increases it should come as no surprise that it is also a place one has the potential to find love.
The couples I have photographed vary in age, sexual orientation and socioeconomic background. Their reasons for choosing to navigate cyberspace vary as well, yet they all started their current relationship on the Internet. I intend for my photo series to be a comment on the way we live now and our connection to the internet as it connects us to others. Mariela is a year-old self-taught photographer who moved to New York in December of from the Dominican Republic. Tiago is a year-old who has worked as a finishing carpenter since he was a kid.
