Parents across the country, and the world, are grappling with an unprecedented challenge of dealing with their children who are too old to be shushed or placated and too young to understand the inexplicable situation the world has found itself in. PTI journalists across India shared experiences and conversations with their children aged 2 to 13, which ranged from cute to poignant and heart-wrenching to humorous, and some with sagacity far beyond their age.
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A passed out guest on the floor to kids pulling funny faces at the perfectly wrong moments are not what we associate with wedding photography. But that's the magic of Ian Weldon's photography which captures the real character of the big day. Discussing the amusing moments he's caught on camera, Ian Weldon, from Newcastle, said: 'I am not a wedding photographer. Instead, I prefer to call myself a photographer that photographs weddings'. With his debut exhibition taking place at the Martin Parr Foundation at the end of the month -- coinciding with the launch of a new book co-published by the foundation and RRB PhotoBooks -- Ian's new series, simultaneously titled I am Not A Wedding Photographer, is by no doubt set to shine some light on the traditional genre. With his kind permission, here are some of the hilarious images.
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