Married for 50 Years: Love Ever After

Love Ever After In search of what makes love last, photographer Lauren Fleishman sought out couples who know a thing or two on the subject: all them have been married for fifty
Lauren Fleishman

Alberto and Cathy Pastorino
Cathy: "We have had the laundry business for 23 years. I work six days a week and my husband works seven days. Of course everybody feels good when they first fall in love. In the beginning I felt like I was married to Roberto Valentino! He was gentle and nice. You want to try to stay the same but we work really hard and we get tired. With love you have to trust each other. You need good communication."
Photographed in Park Slope, Brooklyn

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