Chicago Weddings began in 2002 when clearing out my in-laws residence I found an envelope containing twelve studio portrait photographs printed or pasted onto local photographers cards - wedding remembrances given to my husband's grandparents by friends of their weddings, circa 1910 - 1915.

Although no information was included on the photos or in the envelope I assume the couples were all Polish immigrants like the grandparents, who came to Chicago as teenagers, single, looking for work and a new life, married young, raised their family and stayed their whole lives in Chicago, living among others like themselves - speaking very little English.

Here are copies of three couples' actual photographs and the pages from my Chicago Weddings body of work using Photoshop, printed onto cardstock, machine stitched onto cyanotypes I've made using lace as block outs and household chemicals as toners to vary the original blue.