Ziliang and Aya’s Cherry Hill Wedding in Central Park, New York City

Ziliang and Aya would never had met had it not been for a mutual friend’s wedding in New York last year. Ziliang was living in California at the time, and Aya even further away in Japan. Yet they met that afternoon in Central Park, and the chemistry was magnetic. A trans-continental relationship ensued, and when they decided to wed, there was no other place they could imagine except for a wedding in New York City.

With their closest friends surrounding them, the pair married on Cherry Hill, later releasing balloons into the sky.

Both bride and groom were gracious and somewhat reserved. Later, as I took them around the Chelsea art galleries for portraits, the pair

Wedding at Cherry Hill, Central Park

Portraits in Central Park and the Chelsea Galleries

Wedding Reception at Morimoto

New York Wedding Vendors

Ceremony: Cherry Hill, Central Park
Reception: Morimoto
Portraits: Pace Gallery