Your host with the most and NoRTHERN EXPoSURE creator, Ian Weldon is a photographer from the North of England predominantly photographing weddings, whilst also working on long term documentary projects and commercial assignments.
With only a brief period of studying photography at a local college, Ian is primarily self-taught. He is a previous lecturer on photography history and has delivered a wide range of photography programs both academically and privately.
His long term project, 'I Am Not A Wedding Photographer', was exhibited at the Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol, and was featured worldwide in major publications including The Guardian, The British Journal of Photography, Vice, Creative Review, BBC World News and CNN to name but a few, with I-D France billing him as, ‘le photographe de mariage le plus cool du monde’. (The coolest wedding photographer in the world)
This was the first exhibition of wedding photography within a fine art context in the UK. Ever.
A book of the work, with the same title, has was co-published by RRB Books and The Martin Parr Foundation.
“I have presented at wedding photography conferences for many years and at all but a handful I have felt very much like the odd man out; some sort of add on that has a different perspective on weddings. I thought it was about time that individuality, personal vision and artistry were at the forefront of wedding photography. So NoRTHERN EXPoSURE was born to help redefine the definition of what wedding photography can be”
