Ian Weldon
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Ian Weldon (born 1973) is a British documentary photographer. Although predominately photographing weddings, he describes himself as "not a wedding photographer". In 2019 his work was exhibited at the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol. This was the first ever exhibition of wedding photography in a fine art context.[1]
Biography[edit]
Weldon was born in County Durham in the northeast of England.[2]
Career[edit]
He takes inspiration from the ideas of Martin Parr, Bruce Gilden, and William Eggleston.[2]
Weldon began photographing weddings as a way to earn money to fund his documentary projects, before realising that weddings were an interesting documentary project in themselves.[2] This way of viewing weddings – with no preconceived ideas or forced, unnatural, and staged 'group' or 'couple' shots that have become the norm in traditional wedding photography – has led to more real wedding photographs which capture the real character of the day.[3]
He is represented by DMB Represents.[4]
I Am Not a Wedding Photographer[edit]
Weldon's project I Am Not a Wedding Photographer was exhibited at the Martin Parr Foundation Bristol in 2019.[5] Martin Parr comments that Weldon's "I'm not a wedding photographer" strap line is deceptive, and he is "the most real wedding photographer I have ever encountered".[6]
The exhibition and Weldon's work appeared in publications including The Guardian,[3] Vice,[7] Creative Review,[8] BBC World News,[9] and CNN.[10]
A book of the work Ian Weldon – I Am Not A Wedding Photographer has been co-published by RRB Books and the Martin Parr Foundation.[3]
Other wedding photography[edit]
He photographed the wedding of Steven Yeun (The Walking Dead).[6]
His commissioned work includes that for Huawei, capturing a wedding on their P30 Pro smartphone.[11]
References[edit]
- ↑ "Ian Weldon: Artist talk and book signing", Martin Parr Foundation, 2019.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Laura Joffre, "The big picture: Funny faces and quick canapes on a couple's big day", The Guardian, 16 June 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mee-Lai Stone, "Drunks, dress disasters and dad dancing: Real wedding photographs", The Guardian, 19 June 2019.
- ↑ "Ian Weldon - DMB Represents". dmbrepresents.com.
- ↑ "Ian Weldon: Artist talk and book signing", Martin Parr Foundation, 2019.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Robin Zlotnick, "Not a Wedding Photographer captures the chaos and mess of real weddings", Distractify, 1 August 2019.
- ↑ White, Ryan (July 3, 2019). "the wedding photographer who caught martin parr's eye". I-D (Interview).
- ↑ "Ian Weldon opens new exhibition I Am Not A Wedding Photographer". Creative Review. June 17, 2019.
- ↑ "Meet the 'warts and all' wedding photographer". BBC News.
- ↑ Sottile, Zoe. "Photographer captures weddings in their candid, chaotic glory". CNN (Interview).
- ↑ Abernethy, Laura (November 26, 2019). "Photographer ditches professional equipment and snaps wedding using smartphone". Metro.
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