For Love: 25 Heartwarming Celebrations of Humanity

By Alice Yoo and Eugene Kim

Let this delightful collection of inspiring, heartfelt, and often hilarious visual stories brighten your day.

Twenty-five photographers have captured magnificent displays of ordinary people—husbands and wives, parents and children, grandparents, friends, siblings, and pet owners—doing extraordinary things for love. From Batkid’s mission to save San Francisco, to the husband who wore a pink tutu all over the country to bring his sick wife joy, to a collection of portraits of people “happy at 100”—these inspirational photographs will warm your heart and restore your faith in humanity.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media
• Release date: Mar 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781452146065

Book preview

dedicated to ordinary people

who do extraordinary things.

your courageous acts of love

make this world a better place.

Text copyright © 2016 by

Alice Yoo and Eugene Kim.

Photographs copyright © 2016 by the individual photographers.

page 156 constitutes a continuation of the copyright page.

all rights reserved. No part of this book

may be reproduced in any form without written

permission from the publisher.

ISBN 978-1-4521-4606-5 (epub, mobi)

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

For love : 25 heartwarming celebrations of humanity

[compiled by] Alice Yoo and Eugene Kim.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-4521-3984-5 (hc)

1. Portrait photography. 2. Survival. 3. Resilience (Personality trait)

I. Yoo, Alice, 1976- II. Kim, Eugene, 1982-

TR680.F6455 2016

770.92—dc23

2015014534

ISBN: 978-1-4521-3984-5 (hc)

Design by Sara Schneider

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Contents

acknowledgments 8

introduction 9

Up-themed anniversary shoot 12

Batkid saves San Francisco 18

A Husband in a Pink Tutu 24

A Little Girl’s Works of Art 30

A Baby and a Rescue pup 36

new Dads 42

Animals like Siblings 48

Cancer Patients’ crazy Makeovers 54

creatively Capturing Kids 60

An unforgettable Wedding Gift 66

Boys and Farm Animals 72

Happy at One Hundred 78

Re-created Wedding Photos 84

childhood Photos re-created 90

Wildfire Wedding 96

the Best Bud Bulldog 100

Life with Grandpa Pito 106

landfill Dogs 110

A look-alike Project 116

Round-the-World weddings 122

A Mother’s timeless Photos 128

Dad Walks Unmarried Daughters down the aisle 134

Joy Sessions 138

the World’s Best Father 144

Eloping in Iceland 150

art credits 156

Acknowledgments

We’d like to personally thank the photographers who have generously allowed us to share their personal stories with you. They are the ones behind the lens, crafting each scene like a director, choreographing every last detail. Without them, none of these photos would have been made nor would any of these amazing stories have been shared.

To our family—Sammy, Annie, Grace, Carol, Keith, and Burt: thank you for believing in us over the years. With your unwavering support, we have been able to make the leap from curating an art blog to writing this book.

To our My Modern Met writers—Pinar, Katie, Sara, Jenny, and Anna—the website would not be filled with these heartwarming stories without the hard work and dedication you’ve put into our site each and every day.

And finally, to our loyal followers: with your support, all of this has been made possible. We are forever