After 80 Years, Still Smiling on the Job

Then, Andy’s son, Brian Marcus, who learned the business the same way his father did, joined the business in 2003, returning to the East Coast after college and a brief job working as a production assistant at a film company in Los Angeles.

“This is a job my family has been passionately ingrained in forever,” said Brian Marcus, 42, who lives in Tenafly, N.J. Brian Marcus, who is now the company president, took over the business two years when his father started to slow down. His father still shoots weddings, meets with clients, helps with photo selection and designing the albums.

“Being born into this, I already had a leg up because clients trusted me,” Brian Marcus said. They knew I had the knowledge and ability. Then I had to keep their trust and prove myself. Everyday I work to earn the respect my father and grandfather built.”

Today, not including Andy or Brian, they have six full-time employees. That includes the two photographers who work in the studio, cover weddings and handle production. Fifteen part-time staffers help with photography, video and lighting.

They have photographed more than 30,000 weddings, traveling around the world to capture couples on film and video. Among the celebrities they have witnessed saying ‘I do’ are: Mary Tyler Moore and Dr. Robert Levine, Billy Baldwin and Chynna Phillips, Eddie Murphy and Nicole Mitchell, Mario and Matilda Cuomo’s daughter and granddaughter, and Senator Chuck and Iris Schumer’s daughter. They also photographed the weddings of Donald Trump and Marla Maples, and Ivanka and Jared Kushner.

Article source: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/09/fashion/weddings/after-80-years-still-smiling-on-the-job.html