Marriage Resource Center of Wayne County

As I’m in the process of redesigning the main website for the MRC, I tend to do a lot of random “tweaking” of pages here and there. Today, for example, I decided to make our Related Links page look, well, prettier. And more useful. Because “useful” is always something we ought to strive for.

Anyway, while digging through the various links (to actually see what they were for!), I came across one that was especially surprising and thought-provoking: photographer Robert Fass’ photo essay, As Long As We Both Shall Live. According to Fass,

The project combines formal and environmental portraits with the subjects’ own words in an attempt to capture the intimate dynamic of couples who choose to make a lifelong commitment to their marriage-and examines, through their eyes, the changing institution of marriage in America.

Now, as a young college student, and someone with some fairly unconventional views towards marriage, I found the project, and the photos and interviews that were a part of it, intriguing and fascinating. In particular, I was entranced by three of the couples that Fass interviewed for the project. Their stories really made me think, and expanded my thoughts on marriage in general, and ideas about commitment and relationships in particular.

George & Peggy, Roanoke VA – Married 1956

Harold & Gail, Carlsbad CA – Married 1965

Pat & Bob, New York NY – Married 1965