Retiring Joan and Ophelia
December 12th, 2008Our most published image, the gatekeeper to our website. ”My Joan of Arc” has been published nationally and internationally in major photography and wedding magazines along with my version of “Ophelia”. These images have also been a part of the inspiration to the “Trash the Dress” phenomenon that has spread through out the world - pushing photographers to think well outside of the box. We don’t want these to become like those good songs that are overplayed on the radio, so we are taking them from the front of our site and burying them somewhere peaceful. We will no longer submit them to requests for publishing. At the start of the new year you will have to look hard to find the bride on fire or the tragic romance that consumes the bride in the water. This also means that it is time to put up new images and start to push the boundaries once again, reinventing ourselves and doing the unexpected.
When intitiating the “anti-bridal” project, I did not realize the paradigm shift that it would cause within parts of the wedding photography industry, nor did I realize the opportunities that it would open for altF - demanding speaking engagements around the world.
Thank you Joan and Ophelia for making such an impact in our career.

Take one last look… February being the end of the sale of these fine art prints on our site. If you want a piece of wedding photography history, you can snatch up your copy here until February 28th - a limited edition fine art print of each of these images as well as the black and white version are available. Prints are signed and only 250 of each will be printed - we are almost to that number.





11 Comments
December 12th, 2008
4:09 pm
I guess I was just in time!
I just started my blog, and dedicated fridays to “trash the dress” photography, and of course featured your work, as my first TTD post
Amazing images!
December 12th, 2008
4:45 pm
So long Joan and Ophelia, you’ll be missed. Thank you John for inspiring us all with your vision.
December 12th, 2008
4:56 pm
These images are AMAZING. I will be sad to see them buried away, but completely understand why. On to bigger and better things! I am so excited to see what amazing things are coming.
December 12th, 2008
6:17 pm
Congrats on a great run Joan and Ophelia
December 13th, 2008
1:36 pm
I love you guys.. ur awesome..
December 13th, 2008
8:24 pm
Total respect for what your doing. Thanks.
December 13th, 2008
11:30 pm
Congratulations on constantly striving for something new and inventive. I can’t wait to see what you do next!!
December 14th, 2008
3:28 am
Joan started me off… sad to see her go. But I can’t wait to see what you come up with next.
Cheers Adam
December 15th, 2008
9:41 pm
John - Can’t wait to see where your journey goes next. Ophelia and Joan will be missed. I think it’s time we finally get our copy of Joan framed and hung in our office, that way we can see her and think of you everyday.
December 16th, 2008
9:47 am
I’m so sad!
December 18th, 2008
1:51 pm
Noooo! It’s one of those images that belongs now to the photography community. You freaked all us out the first time you showed it at DWF. 500 peopled jumped on their chairs. Thank you for that kick in the butt. Still feeling it.