Bride seated among rows of wooden chairs in a patch of sunlight

A CRESCENT STORIES PHOTO ESSAY

Before the Day Unfolds

The quiet beauty of getting ready

A brush of colour, jewellery settled into place, a moment held in the light. The quiet preparations and effortless elegance of a bride getting ready for the day ahead.

Black-and-white reflection of the seated bride with someone attending to her hair

Black-and-white view of the bride looking down while her makeup is applied

Close view from above of colour being applied to the bride's lips with a brush

Close view of henna-decorated hands adjusting a gold earring beside the bride's face

Bride's henna-decorated hands and gold bangles resting on her coral sari

Bride in a coral sari standing between rows of chairs beside tall windows

Black-and-white portrait of the bride in shadow with light catching her face

Black-and-white portrait of the bride looking towards the light, wearing layered jewellery

Bride smiling as she adjusts her earring in a black-and-white portrait

Full-length portrait of the bride in a coral and gold sari against a sunlit wall

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