THE STORYTELLERS / SELECTED STORIESAUSTIN, TEXAS / 99 FRAMES

MELO & JD.

A WEDDING.
IN AUSTIN, TEXAS.
NINETY-NINE FRAMES.

A wedding guest cheers behind blue glass, his hands in the air
NO. 001 / AUSTIN, TEXASAND THEN WE GO BACK.
A solitary person walks down a road in Austin, Texas
Roadside sign beneath a pale Texas sky
A man sitting alone beside a wooden wall
Quiet light inside an empty wooden room
01 / BEFORE ANYTHINGMELO & JD / AUSTIN
A person seen through a narrow doorway during preparations
Silhouette inside the rustic wedding venue
Friends gathering in a room before the ceremony
Wedding party and friends gathering outside the Austin house
Melo and friends standing by the doorway of the house
Bride standing in a doorway with light across her face
Three women smiling and leaning together
The bride sharing an informal moment with a friend
Documentary view of an Austin wedding preparation space
Quiet details of the house before guests gather
JD laughing as friends help him get ready
JD having his bow tie adjusted in a wooden doorway
Group of friends posing playfully together during preparations
JD walking past a barbecue worker who looks towards him
THE STUFF HAPPENING
JUST OUTSIDE THE STORY.
Woman waiting in a sunlit room before the wedding
Wedding guest covering her eyes with her hand
Close detail of the wedding dress
The bride standing outside the house before the wedding
A guest laughing outside the wooden house
Melo surrounded by friends outside the house
Wedding guests in the afternoon at the Austin venue
A candid moment among friends outside the venue
Friends celebrating together in front of the house
The bride and friends posing outside the house
Smiling guest wearing dark sunglasses inside the barn
Two guests on a flower-covered swing at the Austin wedding
Man bending over the barbecue outdoors
02 / THE CEREMONYMELO & JD / AUSTIN
JD and a guest holding hands during the ceremony
Guest with dark sunglasses among people at the wedding ceremony
Melo and wedding guests walking towards the outdoor ceremony
A moment from the outdoor wedding ceremony
Bride beneath the veil, smiling in sunlight
Wide documentary view of guests seated in the outdoor ceremony
Guest framed in darkness during the outdoor ceremony
A group lifting a ceremonial cloth during the wedding
Guests stretching fabric across the ceremony as the groom ducks below it
Guest speaking during the outdoor wedding
The couple standing at the wedding ceremony table
Melo and JD raising their arms and laughing during the ceremony
Guest in sunglasses walking from the ceremony and looking directly into the camera
ONE FACE. NO EXPLANATION.
A wedding guest photographed after the ceremony
Older guest wiping tears while hugging someone
Hands meeting in shadow
Melo and JD laughing together in a close portrait
03 / THE IN-BETWEENMELO & JD / AUSTIN
Empty chairs and a wooden swing after the ceremony
Long table laid outside beneath the trees
Two figures standing far apart beneath a tree
Guest with a colourful scarf holding a phone
A blue neon vintage sign in Texas
Man shaking a cocktail outside the wooden venue
An older guest looking at the camera as people gather behind
Money in a glass jar beside an empty beer bottle
Man in a cowboy hat smiling beneath a tree
Guest drawing in the wedding guestbook
Woman laughing while drawing in the guestbook
A man throwing both arms up beneath a large tree
Empty trees and shadows between the gatherings
Wedding guest watching quietly, hands clasped beneath his chin
04 / AFTER DARKMELO & JD / AUSTIN
AFTERDARK.
A young wedding guest with a moustache caught between conversations at dinner
Woman smiling beneath round lights after dark
The couple embracing beneath rows of string lights
Guests reacting to the celebration after nightfall
A dog lying on the ground among wedding guests
Dollar bills scattered across the dance floor
An older man standing alone outside under the lights
A guest jumping and dancing in the crowd
Woman dancing with raised arms inside the barn
JD shouting with his mouth open in the crowd
Four guests shouting and laughing in novelty hats
Woman in glasses cheering in a crowd
Woman laughing with light moving across her face
A guest laughing among the crowd at the wedding reception
Melo holding a stack of dollar bills at the party
Melo playfully placing money in another guest’s dress
CASH / CAKE / CHAOS
Guest dancing and holding flowers as the room erupts
Banknotes lying on the floor beside a guest’s shoes
Young guest reacting to a dollar bill being offered
Guest gesturing across the dance floor
Older guest dancing in an untucked white shirt
Older guest watching the party directly from the crowd
Woman looking towards the camera beneath the lights
Man reclining with his face raised while guests surround him
A guest smiling in black and white during the late-night party
A guest looking into the lens between people in the crowd
An older guest looking ahead in a rare still moment after dark
Silhouette with raised arms in a shadowed room
05 / THE BUSMELO & JD / AUSTIN
LAST BUS
OUT.
Exhausted guest asleep on an unmade bed
The couple alone in the dark beneath string lights
JD standing beside a bus in the dark
Red-lit person gesturing on a deserted road at night
Headlights of the wedding bus on the dark road
A man turning to look towards the camera inside the wedding bus
Wedding guests smiling inside the night bus
A woman in a reflective vest looking up through the bus doorway at night
I GOT 99 FRAMES.BUT A BORING ONE AIN'T ONE.
THE STORYTELLERS / AUSTIN, TEXASEND.ALL THE WAY HOME.