1930s

1930s the history of documentary wedding photography
Photographer unknown
Fairy Moon, Frank Moon, Francis James Hansford, Fairy Cave, Australia, 1930, 1930s
Photographer unknown
Fairy Moon, Frank Moon, Francis James Hansford, Fairy Cave, Australia, 1930, 1930s

The wedding of Fairy Moon (daughter of the pioneering speleologist Frank Moon) and Francis James Hansford on 14 April 1930, in Fairy Cave, Buchan, Victoria, Australia.

Fairy Moon, Frank Moon, Francis James Hansford, Fairy Cave, Australia, 1930, 1930s

1940s

 

1940s the history of documentary wedding photography
Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau, Joinville, France, 1946, 1940s
Robert Doisneau
Robert Doisneau, Joinville, France, 1946, 1940s

Joinville France, 1946

Robert Doisneau, Joinville, France, 1946, 1940s
Robert Capa
Robert Capa, Slovakia, 1947, 1940s
Robert Capa
Robert Capa, Slovakia, 1947, 1940s

Peasant wedding, Carpathian Mountains, Slovakia, 1947

Robert Capa, Slovakia, 1947, 1940s

1950s

1950s the history of documentary wedding photography
Photographer unknown
Julie Andrews, Tony Walton, Weybridge UK, 1959, 1950s
Photographer unknown
Julie Andrews, Tony Walton, Weybridge UK, 1959, 1950s

The wedding of Julie Andrews and Tony Walton, Weybridge UK, 1959

Julie Andrews, Tony Walton, Weybridge UK, 1959, 1950s

1960s

 

1970s

1970s Gallery the history of documentary wedding photography
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, Winogrand wedding, 1970s, 1972
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, Winogrand wedding, 1970s, 1972

Winogrand Wedding, 1972

Lee Friedlander, Winogrand wedding, 1970s, 1972
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, Eagle Rock
Lee Friedlander
Lee Friedlander, Eagle Rock

Fred R. Parker & Anita Whittaker Wedding, Eagle Rock

Lee Friedlander, Eagle Rock
Masahisa Fukase
Masahisa Fukase, Yoko, Japan, 1970s
Masahisa Fukase
Masahisa Fukase, Yoko, Japan, 1970s

“Yoko”, 1970s, Japan

Masahisa Fukase, Yoko, Japan, 1970s
Martin Parr
Martin Parr, England, UK, 1977, 1970s
Martin Parr
Martin Parr, England, UK, 1977, 1970s

Wedding at Crimsworth Dean Methodist Chapel, Hebden Bridge, Calderdale, West Yorkshire, England, 1977

Martin Parr, England, UK, 1977, 1970s

1980s

1980s the history of documentary wedding photography
John Vink
John Vink, Thailand, 1989, 1980s
John Vink
John Vink, Thailand, 1989, 1980s

Khmer refugees. Newlyweds waiting for their guests.

Thailand. Khao I Dang refugee camp, 1989

John Vink, Thailand, 1989, 1980s
Tom Wood
Tom Wood, UK, 1980s
Tom Wood
Tom Wood, UK, 1980s

UK, 1980s

Tom Wood, UK, 1980s
Gulnara Samoilova
Gulnara Samoilova, Bashkortostan, 1987, 1980s
Gulnara Samoilova
Gulnara Samoilova, Bashkortostan, 1987, 1980s

Ufa, Bashkortostan, 1987

Gulnara Samoilova, Bashkortostan, 1987, 1980s
Abbas
Abbas, Uzbekistan, 1987, 1980s
Abbas
Abbas, Uzbekistan, 1987, 1980s

A newly wed couple pose with a car, a symbol of prosperity. Khiva, Uzbekistan - 1987.

Abbas, Uzbekistan, 1987, 1980s
Francesco Cito
Francesco Cito, Neapolitan Wedding, Naples, Italy, 1980s
Francesco Cito
Francesco Cito, Neapolitan Wedding, Naples, Italy, 1980s

Neapolitan wedding

Francesco Cito, Neapolitan Wedding, Naples, Italy, 1980s
Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado, Brazil, 1981, 1980s
Sebastião Salgado
Sebastião Salgado, Brazil, 1981, 1980s

A wedding at the “Razo de Catarina,” Sertao de Bahia, Brazil, 1981

Sebastião Salgado, Brazil, 1981, 1980s

1990s

1990s Gallery the history of documentary wedding photography
Gulnara Samoilova
Gulnara Samoilova, Ufa, Bashkortostan, 1990, 1990s
Gulnara Samoilova
Gulnara Samoilova, Ufa, Bashkortostan, 1990, 1990s

Bride and her kitties, 1990 - Ufa, Bashkortostan

Gulnara Samoilova, Ufa, Bashkortostan, 1990, 1990s