Christophe spent about 5 years around the world working as an art director in advertising and a travel photographer (USA, Australia...rance). He naturally found his way into wedding photography when he returned home in France. His experience within the advertising and high-end tourism industries helps him to create fresh and creative pictures. Based in Paris, he remains today a frequent flyer and he has a special interest in multi-cultural weddings. He has already covered events in India, Malaysia, Panama, Canada, Scotland, USA... and he is always looking for opportunities abroad.Read More
Wedding photographer for 20 years and 2 year consultant in Japan to teach wedding photojournalistic style to local photographers, my...ctures are often published in international press magazines. My two studio are based in Paris and in Provence.
Photographe de mariage depuis 20 ans, j'ai créé le Studio Cabrelli en 1995 offrant mes services de reportage mariage et de portraitiste sur Paris ainsi qu'en Provence où j'ai ouvert un bureau en 2006. Passionné par le photojournalisme, mon approche est basée sur la spontanéité et le naturel, en noir et blanc et en couleur. Cette spécialité et de nombreuses publications dans la presse internationale m'ont permis d'aller au Japon former des photographes aux techniques du photojournalisme. Je me déplace partout en France et en Europe. D'autres expériences photographiques comme la publicité et le voyage viennent enrichir mes images de mariage en apportant un touche de modernité et un regard actuel. Toujours passionnés et en quête d'images, je développe depuis des années un travail personnel sur le portrait. J'ai la chance de photographier des couples de toutes les nationalités et de toutes les cultures ce qui donne à mon métier une richesse artistique et humaine unique. J'ai également la chance de travailler avec mon épouse et un ami très cher, tous les trois partageons avec bonne humeur le plaisir de suivre un couple durant un des jours les plus important de leur histoire.
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Rebecca is an English photographer based on the Cote d'Azur in France. She sees a wedding assignment as a privileged opportunity. Creating...ages that capture the essence of this unique day - the people, their emotions and the beautiful places and light of Provence - inspires her greatly.
Originally a communications professional, she further developed her photographic skills (Central St Martin's College, London) before becoming freelance in 2006. Working for the NGO, corporate and press sectors in London and abroad, her instinct for photographing people in a natural way has been highly valued by clients.
Rebecca shoots a limited number of weddings every year, and continues her editorial and commercial work to maintain freshness of approach.
In 2007, Rebecca won the Press & Documentary category of the Professional Photographer of the Year award (Professional Photographer magazine, UK).Read More
Je suis attiré depuis toujours par l'image, qu'elle soit posée sur papier ou diffusée sur un écran.
J'ai peut-être commencé la photo...rsque ma mère m'a offert un appareil Kodak quand j'avais moins de 10 ans. Ou alors lorsque mon père m'a prêté son appareil avec ses pellicules 6*6 que j'avais du mal à trouver.
Je ne sais pas quand on "commence" à faire de la photographie. Photographier c'est garder les yeux ouverts sur ce qu'il se passe, c'est se demander sans arrêt si l'instant présent n'est pas propice à une belle photo. Photographier c'est regarder autours de soi en se disant que la lumière est belle, que cette maison est originale, que ce passant à l'air heureux.Read More
I enjoy photographing weddings because they enable me to tell stories with pictures. As in my assignments for magazines and newspapers... try to capture those special moments and details that make the viewer feel as though he or she took part in the event. My background in the visual arts began in high school where I took an array of courses in photo, painting, drawing and sculpture. I later studied at the Danish School of Photojournalism and then moved to Paris where I interned at the VII Photo Agency. Read More
When I was small, my mother all the time photographed my brother and me in the garden. I think there my destiny was traced.
My brother...trice, became a photographer and I was his model. I was 14 years old.
I am a graduate of a trade diploma and of a relooking coach. The latter enabled me to develop my artistic direction in photography. At the beginning, my brother inspired me to find my style. Then I looked at many websites of the great names of photography and when I saw photojournalist photographers, I knew that is what I wanted to make.
Other than weddings, I also like to photograph models. I realize that I have the photojournalism in my skin, because even in my shooting I have this approach. I am not yet married but I know that when this day arrives, I would call upon a wedding photojournalist.
Quand j'étais petite, ma mère nous photographiait tout le temps mon frère et moi dans le jardin. Je pense que mon destin était écrit.
Mon frère Patrice, de dix ans mon ainé, est devenu un photographe et j'étais son modèle quand il s'entrainait. J'avais 14 ans. C'est comme ça qu'à mon tour, j'ai pris en main mon premier appareil photo. Et je ne suis pas prête de le quitter!
Je suis diplômée de commerce et de coach relooking. Ce dernier m'a permis de développer mon sens artistique dans la photographie.
Au départ, mon frère m'a beaucoup inspiré pour trouver mon style. Puis, j'ai regardé énormément de sites des grands photographes, et quand je voyais des photojournalistes je me disais "wouah c'est ça que j'ai envie de faire!".
Autre que les mariages, j'aime aussi photographier des modèles. Et je réalise que j'ai le photojournalisme dans la peau, car même dans mes shootings, j'ai encore cette approche.
Je ne suis pas encore mariés mais je sais que lorsque ce jour arrivera je ferais appel à un photojournaliste de mariage.Read More
Bruno Cohen was born in Paris in 1968. His father, a professional photographer, gave Bruno his first camera when he was nine years...d. That gesture began a passion that Bruno has had ever since for photography. He went on to study graphic arts, then photography, graduating from Brussel’s (Belgium) Inraci Photography School in 1989. He opened his own studio in France in 1991.
Bruno married Anne in 1996, and they have two children: Pierre, born in 1996 and Sophie, in 2003. Having relatives in Florida makes it easy for Bruno and his family to travel often to the USA, where he not only photographs the people and the scenery but also perfects his English.
Bruno has developed his own style of non-posed pictures which tell a story. His penchant for black and white photos is a tribute to his admiration for French photographer Robert Doisneau and his journalistic style.
Besides documenting weddings, Bruno is a landscape panoramic photo addict. His work has been shown in several exhibits in Paris (Maison de la Photo), Senlis and Chantilly. He recently won the prestigious 2009 Portraitist of France award. This is his second time to be selected for this high honor for his portrait work.
His studio is presently located in Senlis, a charming medieval town. At a mere twenty minutes from Charles de Gaulle Paris Airport, visitors to France should definitely include it on their itinerary.Read More
For four generations, the passion for pictures has been an integral part of my family. My father instilled in me a thread of passion...r shooting (filmed and photographed). Of more my mother, who is a painter, has helped me to have a more graphic and professional vision. It is first by drawing and painting that I formed my eye. My studies in architecture and landscape confirmed my taste for the style of drawing and the numerical picture. In 2000, I bought my first digital camera. It is from this instant, that I understood the splendid power of the photo.
Sur plus d'un siècle, de père en fils, la passion pour la prise de vue (filmée et photographiée) c'est transmise naturellement, au rythme des modes et de l'évolution du matériel. De plus ma mère, artiste peintre, m'a permi d'avoir une vision plus graphique et plus professionnelle. C'est d'abord par le dessin et la peinture, que j'ai formé mon oeil. Mes études en architecture du paysage ont confirmé mon goût pour le graphisme et l'image numérique. En 2000, j'ai acheté mon premier numérique (1,3 million pixels !!!) avec une bonne optique pour la macroscopie. C'est à partir de ce moment, que j'ai compris le magnifique pouvoir de la photo : transfigurer la banalité. Depuis je photographie et photographie, j'essaye de progresser à chaque déclenchement.Read More
My passion for the pictures began when I was 14 years old. One day, just helping my mother to sort a bunch of old photos into some...x shoes. I saw shots of my family along a river, on the beach, my mother when she was 20 years old and in love with my father. It was just incredible for me. From this point I was interested in my father’s 6x9 Zeiss Ikon, or his new 24 x 36 Yashica.
I bought my first own camera with my first wage when I was a student in 1977. From that year on I was fully interested in photojournalism and especially work by the most known: Cartier Bresson, Depardon or even Brassai.
I had the opportunity to shoot a first wedding in 2006. I shoot also for advertising and fashion, illustration of travel. All these different light condition or assignments contributes to being able to work in a non planned situation. I am also a writer for a French editor for which I have written (with a co author) 2 books about Canon cameras (1000D and 5D MKII).
To complete the landscape, I share my passion with one of my 4 daughters. My wife spent a lot of time as a semi pro actress and novel writer, also giving her feelings as a mother, spouse and bride about my work.
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Franck Boutonnet, WPJA's Photographer of the Year for 2008, is an international award-winning destination wedding photographer and...photojournalist specialized in documentary photography. Based in France, Franck discovered the photojournalism world when he was living in San Diego. Since, he has been traveling extensively for both reportages and weddings, and looks forward to shooting every wedding he participates in. Read More
Sébastien commence la photo à 10 ans avec son père, photographe portraitiste.
Après 15 ans comme reporter photographe pour l'édition... la publicité, Sébastien crée avec Nadège Samson le studio photo Creaplanet en Normandie.
Il trouve dans le photo-reportage de mariage ce qui est, pour lui, l'essence de son identité photographique: capter les émotions, l'humanité et l'intériorité de ses modèles en les photographiant sur le vif, sans pose. Les mariages sont pour lui la situation idéale pour exprimer sa créativité et son approche résolument moderne et humaniste de la photographie.
Sebastian starts the photo to 10 years with his father, portrait photographer.
After 15 years as a photographer for the publishing and advertising, Sebastian created Creaplanet, the photo studio, in Caen, Normandy.
He find in weddings photojournalism the essence of his photographic style: capturing the emotions and the interiority of its models by photographing from life, without posing. weddings are for him the ideal situation to express his creativity and his approach to modern and humanistic photography.Read More
As a child I wasn't particularly interested in photography. When I arrived in Paris, I watched the passers-by in this strange but terribly...mantic city and I felt I wanted to make them eternal by preserving their image on film.
With experience in fashion, beauty and wedding photography, I like photos that say something about a person. My work helps people as get older, find old photographs that recall their youthful face but also tell a story.
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Je suis né à Nice en 1969, marié et père de 2 enfants de 3 et 12 ans. Ayant suivi une formation supérieure technique, j’ai commencé... carrière en 1993, dans l’industrie médicale en développant des moules d’injection plastique pour des applications de neurochirurgie.
En parallèle, je continuais à étudier la photographie, passion qui avait commencé en 1987 avec la rencontre du photographe Niçois Yves Dauphin. Yves m’a donné les bases, la technique, mais aussi et surtout l’amour de ce métier.
Par la suite, j’ai eu la chance de pouvoir rentrer dans une grande agence de presse spécialisée dans le reportage photographique de sport. Cette première expérience du photojournalisme m’a permit d’affiner mon style et d’appréhender des situations diverses et variées; avec de nombreux déplacements en Asie (Chine, Singapour et Malaisie) entre 2003 et 2008.
En 2007, je décide de me mettre à mon compte en développant en plus des reportages de sports, les reportages de photographie de mariages.
Utilisant ma sensibilité artistique et mon expérience photographique pour délivrer des images naturelles, douces et non figées.
C’est donc tout naturellement que j’ai rejoint la WPJA en tant que membre actif. Afin de me confronter aux meilleurs photographes du monde. Aujourd’hui, les reportages de mariages représentent 90% de mon travail.
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Just like many photographers, I've been driven to this profession by passion. Passion for photography since I was 14 and got my first...mera, and passion for human beings led me to wedding photography because it's so emotionnally satisfying. I can still remember my very first weddings, as a second shooter, and the influence they had on my life. I was thrilled and hooked.
Since then, I've worked hard to develop my skills and the photojournalistic style I love. Photography, like any art, means life long learning...
WPJA's best photographers are a great source of inspiration, as well as my own experience, my own life. As an artist, we soon learn that our photography depends on our own emotions, the emotions I share with you heartfully for your wedding.
My goal as a photographer is to offer the best possible experience to a clientele coming mostly from abroad. That's why I limit myself to about 20-25 weddings a year to keep my work fresh and creativeRead More
David is a passionate photographer. For some years he has delivered images filled with emotions, and offers the immortal memories of...e ceremony. He's also a Fine Art photographer, with a lot of publications. This kind or Art gives him the taste of the perfection. David likes to create a real friendship with his bridegrooms and to make a real relation with all the guests.
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I fell in love with wedding photography the first time I went to a wedding with a camera in my hands, catching every moment. Since...en, I knew I was made for it. Moving away from my initial studies to wedding photography was not a real tough choice. I do not have any regrets in doing what I love now and I am doing my best to improve constantly. My work is simple and natural--based on who people truly are and what happened during the wedding.Read More
A 16 ans, j‚ai acheté mon premier appareil photo, attiré par les photos de portraits. Au fil des années et des voyages, j'ai développé... vision et ma sensibilité. Mes séjours en Inde, au Népal, en Turquie, au Maroc, m'ont ouvert à des cultures différentes. Mes rencontres avec des minorités ethniques comme les Môngs au Laos, les Masaïs et les Buschmann en Tanzanie, les Thaïs au Vietnam ont renforcé encore la passion de l'être humain qui est au coeur de mon travail.
L'esthétique particulière de la célébration du mariage, le concentré de sentiments qu'elle dégage me touchent au plus profond de moi. J'attache une importance particulière à capter les Emotions, à refléter l'Histoire au plus juste pour que ces instants uniques perdurent à jamais.Read More
Je débute dans la photographie à Munich en 1995 en tant qu’assistant chez un photographe de mode. De cette expérience va naître mon...our pour ce métier. Amour de la lumière, amour de la composition, amour de mes sujets. Et presque 15 ans après, cet amour est intact comme au premier jour d'un mariage. Read More
After School of Fine Arts, I created a fashion and advertising photo studio, working with agency Sipa Press during several years. Then... 2001 I founded the agency Premier Beau Jour. My work is more a look of an author, a travelogue where happiness is engraved in each image.
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ENGLISH:
I worked in the fashion and advertising photography environment as an assistant photographer for a few years. I have now...ved towards photo-reportage.
I explore every side and every type of photography, from each moment of your life: wedding, pregnancy and birth, as well as landscapes, events, company's communication and gastronomy...
I am attracted by the emotion and the memories conveyed by a picture. I love the sensation that comes from photography; people you meet, friendship you build, the greatest moments of your life. All of it leads me to think that photography enlightens the memories and the life of all
I am also a trainer and coach for Voyage Passion Photo. Voyage Passion Photo trains amateur, experienced or expert photographers to photography. Trainings can last for half a day, a day, a week-end or can also take the shape of a long stay in a foreign country.
Besides, I am a writer for Compétence Photo magazine, one of the leaders in the photographic press. I write many article, about studio photography, winter landscapes, nude photo...
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Après avoir travaillé quelques années dans le milieu de la photo de mode et publicitaire comme assistant photographe, je me suis orienté vers le reportage photo.
L’émotion et le souvenir dégagés par une photo m’attirent. J’aime les "instants" que procure la photographie. Les personnes rencontrées, les amitiés créées, les plus beaux moments figés, sont autant d’éléments qui me laissent penser que la photographie illumine les souvenirs et la vie de tous.
Je suis également formateur/accompagnateur au sein de Voyage Passion Photo. Voyage Passion Photo forme des photographes amateurs, avertis ou experts à la photographie. Que cela soit sur des stages à la demi-journée, journée, week-end ou sous la forme de long séjour à l'étranger.
Je suis aussi rédacteur pour le magazine Compétence photo, l'un des leaders de la presse photographique. J'écris de nombreux dossiers. La photo de studio, les paysages d'hiver, la photo de nu etc.Read More
Après avoir étudié la photographie à Paris et travaillé pour différents studios de reportages pendant une dizaine d'années, je deviens... 1998 photographe indépendant.
Attentif depuis plus d'une vingtaine d'années à vos souhaits, je tiens à vous proposer une offre et un service variés qui symbolisent mon attachement à la réussite de votre journée.
Mon approche de la photographie est très simple, naturelle, moderne tout en étant à la fois très spontanée et créative.
Je travaille sur toute la France ainsi qu'à l'Internationnal.
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As a photographic reporter, I have worked with the major international press agencies such as gamma spooner ca etc. My work has been...blished in major Journals, such as Geo (the French equivalent of National Geographic, Le Monde (a major French national newspaper), and my books are widely available.
In-depth reporting provides the bed-rock of my professional activity, and allows me to offer you tried and tested skills, along with a critical eye for technical detail. I offer you the work of an artist who will capture those unique and priceless moments in your lives.
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I am an English photographer originally from London and have been based in Nantes, western France for the last 8 years. I have been...ooting weddings for over a decade in my own personal style: a marriage of British humour and French romance!
Reportage photography is what comes naturally to me, and what I do best. I follow my visual instinct in capturing the flow of events that constitute the rhythmic journey of a wedding day. Passionate about photographing people, I seek to express the spontaneity and full force of emotion that truly define a wedding as a once in a lifetime experience.
Being completely bilingual, my cultural and communication skills allow English-speaking couples, getting married in France, to feel totally at ease in front of the camera, essential for creating natural and dynamic photos.
Aside from covering weddings, I have worked in the UK and France in the fields of social, documentary and travel photography and am a regular contributor to national press publications such as Capital, Le Point and Le Nouvel Observateur. I am also a teacher of photography to graphic design students.Read More
Styliani is a passionate wedding photojournalist. Following her studies at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design in London...d Spéos Institute in Paris, she offers a unique and personal approach to contemporary wedding photography. Her combined experience as a fine arts and fashion photographer will deliver a uniquely documented moment in life. She is a well traveled photographer and is available for any wedding assignment all over Greece and France. She shares her life with her husband Olivier and their dog Lolita.Read More
Bartek Witek lives with his family in Kerry, Ireland since 2005. His documentary/reportage style has developed out of his love for...e occasion and its many personalities. His unobtrusive and relaxed presence at the wedding allows him to capture natural emotions and interactions between the couple, their family and friends.Read More
Samo was proclaimed a "Slovenian Photographer of the year 2009" by winning the most important photographic contest in Slovenia - "Photography... the year 2009" by Emzin with "Wedding guests" series. He has a bachelor of Architectural Engineering and is active in the fields of architecture, design and photography. He is a husband and father of two children and a former photojournalist.
Samo has held several photo exhibitions; the last independent one, entitled 'For Granny' was held in Cankarjev dom in Ljubljana, Slovenia. He has been photographing for 16 years. Creating a good wedding photo story is a special kind of pleasure for him. Read More
Christian has spent 10 years working as a photojournalist and documentary photographer, covering mainly European and Asian stories...is work has been published around the world in magazines such as Time and Newsweek. In addition, in early 2002 he won a World Press Photo award for his work in China as well as Hong Kong photographer of the year in 2001 and second place in 2002 with his documentary work.
Since he started documenting weddings Christian has been named as one of the World's Best Wedding Photographers by the Italian Luxury Bridal Magazine "Just Married", The UK's Best Wedding Photographer and a Top Ten Winter Wedding Photographer by Professional Photographer Magazine.
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I started shooting at age 11, when I got my hands on the first camera. Documentary photography caught my eye, starting with the cats...ports events, backyard views and my sister, who always ran away from the camera. The fact is, the photographer was born.
At age 14 I got acquainted with color photography. Actually, the images were not full color. They turned out to be blue and I still blame the Kodak minilab for that. Two years later the first success showed up: I received a FIAP (International Federation of Photographic Art) award.
During the last year of school I started to cheat on my love (the Photography) and accepted the proposal to work in television as a cameraman. I turned out to be too creative for broadcasting standards, so I left television and returned back to my old love (the Photography).
Since then, for the last 12 years, I have been walking hand in hand with photography, and will never let it go. The first wedding I shot was organized by the top wedding planners of that time, which was a lucky coincidence for me. However, I was still thrown in the middle of the high way of this business and had to find the way out myself, the only tools I had were my talent, the camera and a fine selection of lenses.
In year 2009 I discovered both North America and Australia, and the weddings there were a completely different story, I was stunned, and again all I had were my good old tools – my talent, the camera and even finer selection of lenses. I wouldn't trade the gained experience to anything.
During this time I've covered lots of wedding ceremonies and have learned that they are completely different; even though the wedding gown or the venue is the same, the result is always unique. Nevertheless I am in ongoing search for new angles, perspectives - the evolution never stops for me.Read More
Marine has a refined female photojournalist style that combines a unique sensibility with a deep technical capability to tell the story...th spontaneity & freshness. She is an award-winning wedding photojournalist based in Milan, Italy who loves the challenge to shoot different cultures. In 2008, she was honored with the 1st and 2nd places of the prestigious contest of the American “BRIDES” magazine.
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The Artistic Guild of the WPJA puts some of the best fine art wedding photographers at your fingertips! The AG takes the world-renowned artistic approach of WPJA wedding photojournalists to yet another level through post-production processing (usually Photoshop). AGWPJA photographers define artistic wedding photography!
BRIDES MAGAZINE & the Wedding Photojournalist Association proudly present a Wedding Photojournalism Contest.
The WPJA/BRIDES Wedding Photojournalism Contest spotlights the finest images from the best wedding photojournalists on the pages of one of the most world-renowned wedding publications and the web sites of the WPJA and BRIDES.
For most brides and grooms, wedding photojournalism is no longer a trendy alternative to traditional wedding day photo-coverage; rather, it is mainstream wedding photography. The WPJA has been leading the way in promoting and rewarding photographers who excel in capturing the un-styled and un-scripted moments of the wedding day. More and more couples are seeking out the top wedding photojournalists in the world through the WPJA web site.
If you choose one of our WPJA France wedding photojournalists
as your wedding photographer, please let them know you found
them through the Wedding Photojournalist Association.
The WPJA at a glance: The Wedding Photojournalist Association
puts the best France wedding photographers at your fingertips,
by granting membership only to the most talented professional
wedding photographers in the world--photographers who focus solely
on using their documentary photography skills to capture ‘the
moments’ of your wedding day.
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