Choosing a husband or a diamond? Lee Gainer engagement ring prints
Choosing a husband or a diamond? Lee Gainer engagement ring prints

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Video: Choosing a husband or a diamond? Lee Gainer engagement ring prints
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Actor. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Actor. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer

For many American grooms, the two-month pay rule dictates the size and quality of one of the most important purchases of their lives: a wedding ring for the bride-to-be.

Photographer and artist from Washington Lee Gainer, having studied the length and breadth of the wedding industry, rituals and rules for choosing wedding rings, presented to the public a series of prints demonstrating what a ring should be, depending on the social status and profession of the groom. Her work explores how a person's position in society directly dictates price.

Dentist hygienist. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Dentist hygienist. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Farmer. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Farmer. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Welder. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Welder. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer

The “two-month salary” rule is the rule that each groom should be guided by and spend so much when choosing and buying a diamond ring for his future wife.

Funeral director. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Funeral director. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer

Lee Gainer chose twenty different types of professions, ranging from actor to cashier and mathematician, and calculated the expected cost of a diamond engagement ring. She then presented nine different designs of supposed rings that would be affordable for every groom, depending on their professional activities.

Mathematician. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Mathematician. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Mechanic. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer
Mechanic. Pints of wedding rings by Lee Gainer

Well, girls, you can look through all 20 prints of Lee Gainer and choose a ring that you liked, and then start looking for a future husband who will be able to buy you such a ring. I wonder if the size of a diamond can really affect the choice of a life partner?

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