About this episode

Perrin interviews Antoine Didienne about his documentary approach to wedding photography and the importance of simplicity in capturing memories.

In this episode, Perrin sits down with Antoine Didienne, a San Diego-based wedding and family documentary photographer who grew up in France surrounded by Bresson, Doisneau, and the French Nouvelle Vague, and has spent his career bringing that European artistic sensibility to one of the most chaotic days in a couple's life. Antoine talks about why he describes his work as the luxury of simplicity, what it actually means to be the antithesis of the Pinterest photographer, and why he would rather photograph a bride putting on her dress than see it hanging against a window. He gets into the friction between documentary photographers and wedding planners who expect a shot list, why he thinks of a wedding day as a three-act play, and what three months of documenting his toddler on an old Fuji X100 taught him about looking, patience, and what makes a photograph worth keeping. Check out the episode article here: https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/ antoine-didienne Want to support the show? Click here: https://greatbigphotographyworld.com/supporter/ Join our online photography community to interact with photographers just like this, get access to fun photo contests, find inspiration…

People in this episode

Host: Perrin

Guest: Antoine Didienne

Topics covered

• wedding photography
• documentary approach
• artistic sensibility
• photography techniques
• couples' memories
• chaotic wedding days

Keywords

• wedding photography
• documentary photographer
• simplicity
• photographing moments
• wedding day
• artistic photography
• photography techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Fuji X100

Books & works: Bresson, Doisneau, French Nouvelle Vague

Places: San Diego, France

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