Laura Paulsen, Andrew Pisansky

Laura Claire Paulsen and Dr. Andrew John Barran Pisansky were married Nov. 2 in the Seely Pavilion at the Omni Grove Park Inn in Asheville, N.C. Benjamin Rouda, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the event, officiated. The bride, 30, will continue to use her name professionally. She is…

Galen McNeil, Connor Pierson

Galen Daley Blake McNeil and Connor Waters Pierson were married Nov. 2 at the Adamson House, a house and gardens in Malibu, Calif. Paul E. Pierson, a retired Presbyterian pastor and the groom’s paternal grandfather, officiated. The couple, both 29, met at Stanford, from which each graduated. Ms. McNeil is pursuing a doctorate in clinical…

Jennie Sears, Zachary Fried

Jennie Davis Sears and Zachary West Fried were married Nov. 2 at the Bayside Historical Society in Bayside, Queens. The Rev. Tracy Sprowls, a Unitarian Universalist minister, officiated. The bride, 32, is a designer of Vince women’s footwear at the Manhattan office of Caleres, a St. Louis-based shoe company. She graduated with honors from the…

How to Take a Portrait of America

Times Insider explains who we are and what we do, and delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how our journalism comes together. Last December, Tanner Curtis, a Politics photo editor at The Times covering the 2020 U.S. presidential election, needed a break from the candidates. He mentioned to Eve Lyons, a photo editor for Styles, that he’d…