Couple pose for wedding photos 40 years later
Chang Benfu and wife Zhao Xuefang got married in 1976 and as they did not have enough money for a grand event, they did not have a photographer to capture the day.
Four decades after their special day, a group of university students have given them a truly special wedding gift by giving them a photoshoot.
The Chinese village couple posed for the photos in their home in Mihzi County which is in the Chinese province of Shaanxi.
The couple looked adorable as they dressed up in their special wedding attire for the photoshoot.
The university students were stirred to do give this gift to the couple after they heard the couple’s story at a friend’s wedding.
These modest wedding photos shows the distinction between the weddings of villagers like Chang and Zhao and the lavish commercialised Chinese wedding industry.
At Benfu’s grandson’s own wedding he said, “We had nothing at all and we had just got married.”
Li Huan who heard Benfu share his story, rallied classmates to create the shoot and titled it ‘Wedding photos for Grandma and Grandpa’.
The shoot is inspired by the pair’s daily living in rural China and uses denim jackets to add colour to the images.
Since the couple married in 1976, they have had eight children and have become great-grandparents.
They have shared a lifetime of adventure and have 53 members in their family.