They were the glamorous couple who seemed to have it all– youth, looks, money, social position, political power and a glittering future. And when the stunning and aristocratic Jacqueline Lee Bouvier exchanged vows with the youthful and dashing Senator John Fitzgerald Kennedy, it was the society wedding of the year.

Three months later, in December 1953, the couple took up residence in Georgetown and like any newlyweds they began the exciting task of adjusting to married life together. Their brief stay in a rented townhouse scarcely merits a footnote in the gripping Kennedy saga which was later to unfold. Yet these few months at their first home were to be perhaps the only relatively normal period in John and Jackie's married life: he trying hard to leave behind his bachelor ways, and she doing her best to be a traditional homemaker.

It was there that in 1954, young photojournalist Orlando Suero, who was, interestingly, on his first major assignment, spent five days with the Kennedys. Initially working on a “women's interest ”story about how the young Jackie was faring as wife to a junior senator, the photographer soon found he had the makings of a unique photo essay on the up-and-coming couple, enjoying their full cooperation and the access that they later denied to all but a few carefully chosen photographers.

To see this moving portrayal of the day-to-day life of John and Jackie before they became one of the most famous, and tragic, couples of the century, see this week’s issue of HELLO! magazine, on sale now.