Welcome to #obsessed. This is the third episode in a series of conversations with our Thrive Brighton 2026 speakers. Just honest, in-depth chats about the work, the thinking, and what drives some of the most interesting photographers working in weddings today. Next up is Anni Graham. Anni is an Oregon-based destination wedding photographer who grew up in India, in the foothills of the Himalayas, and spent years as a freelance photojournalist before she ever shot a wedding. Her work has been featured in Vogue, GQ and Over The Moon, and she was named one of Rangefinder Magazine’s 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography in 2018. She has also built a substantial education business, alongside 118,000 followers who turn to her for a genuinely intentional approach to social media. I first saw Anni speak at Way Up North in Prague back in 2023, and her work has stayed with me ever since - there’s a stillness to it, a sense that you’re not looking at photographs of a wedding day, but at the feeling of one. We talked about how she started out shooting anything and everything, including $100 weddings from Craigslist, to where she is now, working in the high-end luxury market. She explains why she walked away from destination elopements and how she grew that huge Instagram following. She also offers insight into how she goes beyond just documenting weddings and creates images with emotional connection. Find Anni here:Website: annigraham.comInstagram: @annigraham The Image Anni Wished She’d Taken At the end of every #obsessed conversation, I ask the same question: what’s the image you wish you’d taken? Anni chose a large-scale composite photograph by the artist Alex Prager - one of her elaborately staged crowd scenes, shot from above, every single person in the frame doing something different and strange. Anni loves it because there’s no single focal point. Your eye lands somewhere, then moves on, then finds something else - a woman with a peculiar expression, a man looking the wrong way, a stranger reading mid-crowd. She says it’s busy without feeling busy, and that despite working with large groups constantly herself, she’s never quite managed to make a group photograph feel this alive. It’s left her wondering whether she might attempt something similar one day. Join us at Thrive Thrive is Photography Farm’s conference for wedding photographers, and this year we’re in Brighton on the 20th and 21st of October 2026. Anni will be there in person - speaking and shooting alongside our full lineup of speakers. If you want to be in the room, tickets are on sale now, and the code OBSESSED10 gets you 10% off all tickets. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit photographyfarm.substack.com
