The story behind this one: I needed a figure to pose in the middle of the art so I kindly asked a stranger, Fez in red here, as the red contrasted with the blue skies. As a few minutes passed his partner Asal came over and recognised me, as she follows my Burning Man photography. She was stoked to have bumped into me and I was honoured as usual to meet a fan. We hugged and away they rode - he was shaking and speechless, and held up a little box to me. Assuming he wanted to gift me something I said it wasn't necessary, he was still lost for words, so pointed to Asal. It only came to me then what was happening. I quickly directed him to under the art work and he went down on one knee for this moment. Apparently Asal was so delighted she met me spontaneously she kept talking about it and Fez finally had a moment he could use to propose with. A tremendous gift to me as a photographer. Congrats guys! Art: Inside The Prism of Possibilities By Emily Nicolosi and the In Theory Art Collective
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Spontaneous Proposal

Photo by: Jamen Percy

Year: 2022

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The story behind this one: I needed a figure to pose in the middle of the art so I kindly asked a stranger, Fez in red here, as the red contrasted with the blue skies. As a few minutes passed his partner Asal came over and recognised me, as she follows my Burning Man photography. She was stoked to have bumped into me and I was honoured as usual to meet a fan. We hugged and away they rode - he was shaking and speechless, and held up a little box to me. Assuming he wanted to gift me something I said it wasn't necessary, he was still lost for words, so pointed to Asal. It only came to me then what was happening. I quickly directed him to under the art work and he went down on one knee for this moment. Apparently Asal was so delighted she met me spontaneously she kept talking about it and Fez finally had a moment he could use to propose with. A tremendous gift to me as a photographer. Congrats guys! Art: Inside The Prism of Possibilities By Emily Nicolosi and the In Theory Art Collective

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