Top 9 Fine Art Grand Est Wedding Photographers for 2024
Page Updated: January 31st, 2024
Would you love to find a fine-art, artistic Grand Est wedding photographer to document the details of your big day and to complement your unique love story with a creative flair? The Wedding Photojournalist Association can help! Our documentary-style Grand Est wedding photographers are, first and foremost, photographers — artists, in other words, whose medium is the still photograph. In the Artistic Guild competitions, WPJA members show off their creative talents for digitally enhanced still-lifes and fine-art detail photos.
Quarterly Artistic Guild contests for fine-art Grand Est wedding photography are held annually, entered and judged separately from the WPJA competitions held during the year. After each contest, we add another collection of award-winning detail images to our wedding photographer’s member profile galleries.
What could be better than the details of your carefully planned event captured by a top Grand Est fine art wedding photographer? Detail images generally are tighter framed shots on some of the day’s textures, and features, whether as arranged by the photographer or as they were found: dresses, gowns, suits, rings, linens, flowers, bouquets, cake, shoes, or champagne glasses. A collection of tightly cropped faces would likely also be a “details” shot if the surrounding context has been subdued to bring out the image’s artistic impact.
French wedding photographer, Jonathan Fortuna, specializes in creative fine-art wedding portraits, showcasing a playful and fun side of couples on their special day. His work reflects an energetic and exciting vibe.
French wedding photographer Oliver Saillard specializes in capturing creative portraits of couples and groups at weddings. With a passion for travel and sustainability, he shoots around 18 weddings each year, constantly refining his skills through workshops and conferences. Oliver excels at utilizing beautiful lighting during sunset and late afternoon to create artistic and unique wedding day photographs.
Samantha Pastoor is an artistic wedding photographer who discovered her passion for the field early on. She specializes in capturing intimate and romantic poses for couples through creative portrait sessions. Her eye-catching imagery often highlights the tenderness and love shared between couples, with a particular fondness for black and white photography.
Sandy Manancourt, a Meurthe-et-Moselle photographer, focuses on artistic wedding details and fine art portraits to capture love stories. Her unique style embraces bold designs, textures, and black and white photography.
French wedding photographer, Luan Nguyen, captures genuine and unposed emotions. With a background in automotive engineering, Luan pursued his love for photography, creating heartfelt and spontaneous images.
Capturing portraits with an artistic eye, Frederic Bry, an Oise wedding photographer and father of two, also focuses on fine-art wedding details. Since 2017, he has been cherishing the ability of photographs to immortalize memories.
Passionately dedicated to wedding photography for a decade, Damien Lorek specializes in capturing the human aspect of weddings through a photojournalistic approach. With a focus on immortalizing the beauty and love shared on the special day, Damien's diverse skills shine through in every image. Operating from Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, Damien also caters to locations across France and border countries.
Delving into photography in 2012, Jean Baptiste Chauvin honed his craft in art and auction house photography. His imaginative style emerged in weddings, events, and portraits, intricately weaving art and emotion.
Samuel Berthelot, an accomplished photographer, found his calling in wedding photography when he documented his cousin's wedding. With a visionary approach, he specializes in creative portrait sessions that create dreamlike images, evoking strong emotions in viewers. His unique style gives his photographs an unreal and ethereal quality that sets him apart in the industry.
WPJA contest judges have been recognized by their industry peers, winning top awards as staff picture editors, staff photojournalists, and newsroom mentors while working for these and other leading publications and journalism organizations.
