Ivan Duran Photo

I am an award-winning photographer based in San Francisco and the Bay Area. I was born and raised in Guadalajara, Mexico. As a kid, I loved painting & drawing just as much as I loved taking apart wrist watches and fixing car radios. It wasn't until I picked up a camera as a teenager that I found an activity that combined my artistic sensibilities with my love of technical challenges. Photography has been my passion ever since. I bring a happy, relaxed energy to every job I shoot. In general, I'm more of a listener than a talker. When I'm not taking pictures, you'll find me salsa dancing, or playing ukulele very badly, though joyfully!

Ivan Duran is an experienced, award-winning wedding photographer based in the San Francisco Bay Area who specializes in delivering stunning, timeless images in which his clients (no matter how camera-shy they may be) feel authentically themselves. Though Ivan’s clients hire him for his artistry, they also come to value his kindly, grounding presence during a time that is always full of powerful emotions. In the end, Ivan’s work does more than just document one special day—it also captures the uniqueness of each new love story in a way that his clients cherish forever.