No I won't tell people what they should express in the picture. That will just make it all fake.
Maybe they are not in love? Does everybody really have to be that, after 25-40 years?
Browncoat, I paid a recent amount and she gave great advice. What you apparently want, is a project about mine or yours expectations about marriage 20+ years. But it's not about how I want people to be, act or feel, it's about them - I hope this makes sense, because that's pretty essential.
And that's why I won't write it all down, because then I won't be open to those I meet.
I am not settled on the title, I can't be that yet as I don't know how it will evolve, maybe it will fit after a while, maybe not. I have no idea
And actually I am very pleased that you cannot see when we laughed because then you would have seen my presence in the image.
Hark, I did think lovers sounded like well, lovers and not a couple, but I thought marriage would exclude some - but maybe everybody 50+ with the same partner for so many years, will always be married.
I hope I don't make you even more uncomfortable but it did come to my mind, if one image should be of one side of the bed being empty. I hope this doesn't sound cold!!! because that's not my intention, but when thinking about elderly people, I also thought about how some lost their wife or husband. It's natural in this life but it makes us all sad to think about. I am no where near sure if this should be a part of the project, afraid it would make it be about the end I life, if you understand.
Eyelight, glad to hear your thoughts about composition. I have a clear thought about I need people to lie as they would normally, so it won't just be 20 images looking a lot like each other, different faces. It's very difficult to place 2 images next to each other. As I wrote, I am maybe changing the 2 images, and I'll look through them all again, maybe another version are better.