A Surprise Double Engagement

When Emma asked me to photograph her proposal to her girlfriend, Rikki, she didn't know Rikki would be proposing back — but I did. Flower petals and champagne enhanced the setting of Carl Schurz Park, a small, well-maintained park on the Upper East Side of New York City.

Engagement | August 2025
Fiancees cheers champagne after proposing to each other, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.
Engagement rings on lesbian couple, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.
Film photograph of newly engaged fiances walking through park on the Upper East Side by Catherine Claire Art.
Fiancees clink glasses at romantic engagement picnic on the Upper East Side, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.
Fiancees holding hands at Carl Schurz Park, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.
Two women kissing at their engagement picnic, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.
Photograph from above of two women laying on a picnic blanket after becoming engaged by Catherine Claire Art.
Two women embracing after becoming engaged, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.
Fiancees and their dog at their engagement picnic, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.

billie jean popped over to show her support

Women holding paper cranes, photographed by Catherine Claire Art.

a bystander made paper cranes as congratulations

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