Sub #1

Sub #1 – “My first job was as a wedding photographer. I was 18 and had bought a brown corduroy suit and Italian shirts for the occasion. It suited me well to watch other people being happy and to be the one on whom the memory of the happiest day of their lives depended. Besides, I only worked on Saturdays, which left me time to think about other things. The wedding photographer has a central role; he’s the only one who’s so close to the bride and groom from morning till night. He’s so close, he sees everything, he hears everything. He advises, arranges the dress, orders the family crowds and makes memories, tirelessly repeating a repertoire of tried-and-tested poses.”

Jean-Christian Bourcart’s Le plus beau jour de ma vie series is a zany, offbeat family album of wedding photos rescued from oblivion.