Being named in the TOP 20 Wedding Photographers in France for 2026 is a new step in something I have been building for years.
So this happened.
Wezoree just published their list of the TOP 20 Wedding Photographers in France for 2026, and my name is on it. I am honored, of course. But more than that, I am grateful.
I am not going to pretend this came out of nowhere. It didn’t. This is the result of years of work, of choices made wedding after wedding, of saying no to the easy bookings and yes to the ones that pushed me. It is the result of long conversations with planners who trusted me before anyone else did. It is the result of a lot of late nights editing in front of a screen, asking myself if a single frame was good enough.
So when I saw the list, my first thought wasn’t “I made it.” My first thought was “this is the next step.”
What being in the TOP 20 Wedding Photographers list actually means
Wezoree’s TOP 20 Wedding Photographers selection is one of the lists international wedding planners look at when they are searching for photographers in France. Their editorial team has previously highlighted names like Greg Finck and Erich McVey. People whose work I have been studying for years. People who shaped what editorial wedding photography even looks like today.
Being included in any list with names like that is something I take seriously. Not because I think I am at their level (I am not, and I know it). But because it tells me the direction I have been walking in for years is the right one. For the wider context of French editorial wedding work see the Junebug Weddings international best-of index.
I have spent a long time refining a single approach. Editorial. Quiet. Sunlight over blue light. Fujifilm GFX medium format because the files have a depth that smaller sensors can’t reach. Saying yes only to weddings where the planner, the venue and the couple all line up with the kind of imagery I want to create.
It is a slow way to build a career. But it is the only way I know how to do it, and it is what I believe earned me a place in this TOP 20 Wedding Photographers round-up.
The people behind this TOP 20 Wedding Photographers recognition
Wedding photography looks like a solo job from the outside. It is not. Every photograph I am proud of exists because of someone else. A planner who imagined the day. A florist who placed every bloom. A videographer who shared the same room without stepping on my frames. A couple who let me close enough to see what mattered. A mentor who took the time to teach. None of what you see in this TOP 20 Wedding Photographers list happens in isolation.
A few names I want to mention here, because they’ve genuinely shaped my work:
Madame Wedding Design. We have been working together for a long time now. The trust she gave me from the very first wedding is something I haven’t forgotten. She is the kind of planner who sees the bigger picture, and that is rare.
Akiko, Floraison Paris. The way Akiko works with flowers is the closest thing I have seen to how a photographer thinks about light. Texture, proportion, the way one stem catches the eye before the rest of the arrangement registers. Working with her florals makes my job easier and the photographs better.
Greg Finck. In 2018 I took one of Greg’s workshops, and I think about it more often than I’d like to admit. Not the technical stuff (although there was plenty of that), but the way he talks about photography. The discipline, the patience, the refusal to chase what everyone else is doing. That workshop didn’t just teach me techniques. It rearranged how I think about my craft. Eight years later, I am in a list that also mentions his name, and that means something to me. Greg, if you ever read this: thank you. I am still doing the work.
Laurent Rostaing, my preferred videographer partner. The first time we worked together I learned more about restraint in one wedding than in months of editing alone. Laurent and I trust each other to handle our own crafts without getting in each other’s way, and that is worth a lot.
Marie Chicchirichi. Marie plans weddings the way I would want to plan them if I were a planner. Every detail aligned, every supplier picked for a reason, no filler, no shortcuts. When you photograph one of her weddings, half the work is already done before you arrive.
Cecile, Atelier Capucine. Cecile builds aesthetic worlds. The kind of weddings she designs are the ones photographers dream of. There is a clarity to her approach that I find rare and that I appreciate every time we collaborate.
There are many others. Couples who took a chance on me. Venues that opened doors. Friends who told me the truth about my work when I needed to hear it. To all of them, thank you. You know who you are.
What comes next for a TOP 20 Wedding Photographers selection
This recognition doesn’t change my next wedding. I will still wake up early. I will still scout the venue the day before. I will still spend more time on a single frame than most photographers think is reasonable. The work itself doesn’t change, even with a TOP 20 Wedding Photographers badge attached to it.
What changes is the conversation. International wedding planners (especially in the US and the UK) are bringing more and more couples to France for destination weddings. Being in the TOP 20 Wedding Photographers list helps those planners find me. And honestly, that is the door I have been wanting to open for a while.
If you are a wedding planner anywhere in the world, or a couple planning a wedding in France, Italy or beyond, I would love to hear from you. Not in a sales-pitch way. In a real way. The kind of conversation that turns into a real wedding, with real people, in a real place.
That is the work I want to keep making, and the work I hope earns its place in every future TOP 20 Wedding Photographers round-up.
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Franklyn K is a luxury destination wedding photographer based in Paris. Featured in Brides, Martha Stewart Weddings, Wedding Sparrow, Style Me Pretty, Carats & Cake. Wezoree TOP 20 Wedding Photographers in France 2026.