Wouldn't It Be Sad If We Had To One Day Mask Up For Outdoor Wedding Shoots In Malaysia?
Just like in Malaysia, people in China are finding it hard to breathe these days - they're tired of masking it. Here's what a married couple did in protest.
By Sadho Ram — 06 Mar 2014, 05:08 PM — Updated over 10 years ago
It has grounded planes, closed roads and has even been compared to a nuclear winter, but one couple were not going to let the smog in Beijing ruin their big day
In an apparent protest against the heavy pollution, the couple added gas masks to their more traditional wedding outfits before posing for a series of shots around Guomao Bridge in the Chinese capital.
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The bride wore a flowing white gown with a beaded bodice, the groom a dapper black suit with a slim tie. So far, so traditional. And then there are the gas masks.
Image via policymic.comDonning a face mask with a now-gray stained wedding dress, the bride holds her husband, breathing through a gas mask, in a morbidly polluted embrace.
dailymail.co.ukWhen the air is so thick that city dwellers can no longer see skyscrapers and face masks are out of stock, taking wedding photos outside is a beautiful and desperate attempt to get the world's attention
He Dongxian from China Agricultural University's College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, has compared the effects of the smog to that of a nuclear winter
Image via dailymail.co.ukBeijing's insanely high rate of pollution is billowing at over nine times the safe breathing level. The World Health Organization has recently declared it a health crisis.
The smog in Beijing is now so thick that it is blocking sunlight despite recent announced closures or production cuts at 147 of the city's industrial plants. He Dongxian from China Agricultural University’s College of Water Resources and Civil Engineering, has even compared its effects to that of a nuclear winter.
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Buildings are seen shrouded in a heavy haze at Qingdao development zone, Shandong province, on Tuesday
Image via dailymail.co.ukThe artistic photos were taken around Guomao Bridge in Beijing. It reveals just how bad China's air pollution is.
The smog has led to public displays of dissatisfaction, including people placing anti-pollution face masks on statues
The level of toxic particles is so bad that simply taking in a deep breath can send the particles into a person's blood stream.
policymic.comZhang Xinyu and groom Bai Beibei met one another at a friend's party and later learnt that the event had been held so they could be introduced to one another by their matchmaking friend
In China it is tradition to take wedding pictures before the actual wedding - sometimes several months in advance, and Zhang and Bai are due to tie the knot in April
They ventured out this week into smoggy Biejing to take their wedding photos. But due to the weather conditions, it was their photographer who first suggested the idea of wearing the gas masks, and the couple agreed as they felt it was very creative.
Zhang said: "When we have kids, we can show the hazy day mask pictures to them. It's meaningful and creative".
