Inclusivity that’s not a buzz word.
Everyone is welcome and celebrated
As a queer wedding photographer in Melbourne
I feel honoured to be trusted to photograph many couples from the LGBTQIA+ community, and as a queer photographer, I always aim to make you comfortable and confident when documenting the love you have for each other. If we’re talking percentages, in 2024 46% of my couples were queer. Not every wedding has a bride, not every wedding has a groom and there’s a large amount of wonderful folks who don’t feel comfortable with either of those labels. This industry excluded us for so long, it can feel difficult to navigate a wedding without the gendered defaults (eg, who walks down the aisle?) and I’m always happy to talk through those choices with you
Inclusion must go further than supporting my own community though. I make sure everyone of every sexuality, gender, ethnicity, size, religion and belief system feels safe, welcomed and celebrated. This includes making sure I get your skin tones right in editing, and respecting any cultural and personal boundaries (Can’t kiss in front of the folks? Not a problem at all.) I’ve photographed Indian weddings, Muslim weddings, Jewish weddings, Greek Orthodox weddings, Chinese tea ceremonies and many more and I’m always open and eager to learning your cultural ceremonies and doing justice to them. Also, if you’re scrolling through this website and think there’s something I could be doing better I want to hear about it. Please e-mail info@georgiawiggs.com
My story.
It seems almost unbelievable that in recent years same-sex marriage was illegal in Australia. That we were all subjected to a horrific vote to see if our love was valid enough to get married; a right that all heterosexual couples had from the very start. As a member of the queer community myself, I’ll always remember nervously waiting to hear the results of that plebiscite. When we finally got the “Yes” I was so ecstatic that I immediately burst into tears. Not only because it finally meant that I personally could marry who I wanted when the time comes; but also because it meant that so many wonderful couples who have been oh so in love for many years could as well.
It was one more step towards acceptance and legitimacy, something that so, so many members of the LGBTQIA+ have fought incredibly hard for over hundreds of years. But it was even more than that, the previous words of the marriage act, defining it as the union between a man and women to the exclusion of all others. For me and many others it always felt like a bit of a punch in the guts.
There were ways around it, I’ve seen celebrants and couples instruct audience members to block their ears, speak about how they didn’t agree with that and many other things, but legally those words had to be said. It’s so lovely now that nobody's wedding has to include exclusionary words. That a marriage is simply the union of two people in love, as it always should have been.
Hearing that at the first wedding post ‘yes’ vote was pretty special. I was far from the only person who felt that way, and the couple was thrilled that the celebration of their love would no longer have to include the exclusion of anyone else.
We stand on the shoulders of giants and I’m so grateful for all the queer folks and allies that came before us to fight for where we are now. It was surreal getting married to my wife, an experience that I wasn’t sure I’d ever get to have growing up.
I’m so excited to hear more “I dos” from couples that have waited a lifetime for their moment. That’s why I’m incredibly passionate about celebrating and documenting queer love with queer wedding photography in Melbourne and across Australia.