The Wise Fool Art Podcast

The Wise Fool Art Podcast


Photographer, Ian Weldon, (Newcastle, UK)

May 12, 2020

We discuss: The importance that an artist understands 'why' they make their work, the differences of aesthetics based on regions, The UK care system (foster, orphanage), Wedding photography as documentary photography, The evolution of the publics desire for wedding photography, Defining his own path and style in wedding photography, Martin Parr, I Am Not A Wedding Photographer, Working with a photo agent, David Birkitt, Founder + Director of DMB Represents, The problems with current Photo academia, The only way to make photos is your own way, The image is the form that follows the function of the practice and the studies rather than it being the destination, Using instagram as a daily diary, You need to be creating work in order to learn from the work, If you expect anything from a photograph than you are expecting too much.


http://ianweldon.com


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