The Wizard of Weddings

From studying architecture, to becoming a professional architect, Samo Rovan today is a destination wedding photographer. Being an ex-photojournalist, Rovan is best described as a documentary storyteller, when it comes to shooting weddings. His work is reflective of his fun and direct, yet emotional and sincere approach. This month we speak to the Slovenian photographer, and take a journey through his beautiful wedding stories.

- Abhishek Desai

Samo Rovan started photographing in 1992, when he bought his first camera as a student of architecture for his school projects. He was instantly charmed by the power of the photographic medium, as he could express his thoughts and ideas through this gadget. He couldn’t resist to discover more, to see the beauty and diversity of life in his own way. Since then he has just kept on shooting.

When he was picking up his third developed roll of film from a local film studio, the owner asked him if he’d photograph for him. He said yes, and a year after that he became a photojournalist, by the invitation of the owner of a Slovenian photo press agency. He started covering daily news for the main newspapers in Slovenia for the next seven years. However, in 1998, his grandmother, who he had a very special bond with, passed away, and Rovan said goodbye to her with his lens. He had a solo exhibition of these photographs at the Slovenian cultural center Cankarjev dom, Ljubljana.

But soon after this Rovan quit photography, “I thought it’s my masterpiece and simply couldn’t go on with my photography, so I quit photographing and became an architect.”