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A bride and groom lean in close about to kiss beneath a pearl dotted veil that covers both their faces.

L'Archivio · Est. MMXVI

Saint Weddings

A luxury wedding photography atelier for couples who marry beautifully. On the Italian coast, on the French Riviera, and wherever your story leads.

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The Palace Steps, p. 04Beneath Golden Domes, p. 05A Winter Vow, p. 06The Vineyard Waltz, p. 07
Printed on light · Bound in gold

The house belief

Every wedding holds a million small stories. We are there for each of them, and we print them forever.

Quiet glances during the vows. A grandmother's hands. The last dance nobody planned. Our archive keeps what the day itself forgets.

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Index of stories

From the archive

Eight of two hundred & twelve

Plate I · Summer

The Palace Steps

A civil ceremony, a short white dress, and a veil that refused to behave. We walked the empty morning city like it was rented for two. Cobblestones, colonnades, a red carpet nobody else noticed.

1 214 frames keptTwo filmsOne artebook
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A bride and groom lean in close about to kiss beneath a pearl dotted veil that covers both their faces.
A bride laughs as her groom embraces her from behind and her long pearl veil floats out in the wind.
A couple walk hand in hand beneath an arched colonnade beside a red carpeted staircase.
A couple hold hands walking across cobblestones before a grand columned building, the bride in a short dress.
Black and white photo of newlyweds kissing beneath a sheer pearl veil between two tall stone columns.

Between the plates,
a breath.

Plate I · closing frame
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Plate II · Autumn

Beneath Golden Domes

Marble the colour of milk, mosaics the colour of honey. They were crowned under a chandelier the size of a small sun, then walked out into a storm of petals.

986 frames keptOne filmTwo artebooks
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Newlyweds hold hands on a marble stairway with a glowing golden mosaic saint behind them.
Bride and groom lean in for a kiss beneath a glittering crystal chandelier.
Newlyweds laugh amid a shower of white petals just outside the church doors.
Intimate black and white kiss highlighting the bride's sculpted heart bodice dress.
Two Orthodox wedding crowns rest on red velvet beside a small icon of Christ.

The crowns,
waiting.

Plate II · detail

Plate III · Winter

A Winter Vow

White fur over a white dress, breath like smoke in the cold. They said yes in the afternoon and spent the evening between candlelight and red roses, warm in every photograph.

742 frames keptOne filmOne artebook
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A bride in a white dress and cream fur coat kisses her groom in a black tuxedo before a tall aged wooden door.
A newlywed couple embrace and kiss beneath a tall arched wooden doorway of a grand stone building.
Warm candlelight glows over red roses and a votive candle on a reception table.
In black and white, handwritten place cards rest beside roses and a dripping taper candle in a silver holder.
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Plate IV · Spring

The Vineyard Waltz

A hilltop of young vines, a gown that moved like weather. Doves at the arch, fog on the dance floor, and a train that swept the whole afternoon along behind it.

1 358 frames keptOne filmOne artebook
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A bride in an off-shoulder ballgown and her groom laugh nose to nose on a green spring hilltop.
Seen from behind, a groom holds up the bride's long train as they walk toward lush green trees.
A bride and groom hold two white doves as they touch foreheads beneath a floral wedding arch.
A couple share a first dance amid low fog and sparkler fountains as guests watch in a green-lit hall.

Further pages

And the archive goes on

A priest lowers an ornate gold and velvet crown onto the head of a smiling bride in the churchp. 122the crowning hourForest ceremony stage with an arch of cascading white orchids and pastel hydrangeas among treesp. 141orchids after rainA groom twirls his bride on a riverside promenade at sunset beneath a wide cloudy sky over the water.p. 087the river at duskGroom in a bow tie tuxedo smiles warmly down at his bride in soft golden light.p. 202sparks at midnightFull length bride in a white satin mermaid dress standing in a wooden cabin with green sofasp. 143the vestizioneGroom dips the bride in a joyful dance on the marble church steps scattered with petals.p. 118pure joy, archivedCouple walk a garden path raising glasses as fireworks burst in the night sky.p. 209the last page of the night

I dettagli

The things the day forgets

Rings in their velvet box. The bouquet before it flew. Your grandmother's brooch. We photograph the small things first, because they are the first to disappear.

A hand holds an open red velvet box displaying two silver wedding bands against a black tuxedo.
the rings
Black and white bridal bouquet of white orchids and dried stems tied with ribbon against wood
the bouquet
Close-up of a bride touching her chest showing a sparkling diamond necklace and pink manicure
the necklace
Warm candlelight glows over red roses and a votive candle on a reception table.
the roses
Close up of a bride's hands resting over her white dress, showing her wedding ring and soft veil.
the promise

The atelier

How a story is made

Act I · Before

We meet, we listen

A call, a coffee, a walk through your plans. We scout the venue in the light you will be married in, so nothing on the day is left to luck.

Emerald green suit jacket on a hanger reflected in a mirror inside a wooden cabin

Act II · The Day

We disappear into it

Two photographers, no posing lists, no interruptions. We work like guests who happen to see everything. The ceremony, the golden hour, the wild midnight.

Black and white backlit kiss between a bride and groom in an ornate church doorway with guests

Act III · After

We print forever

A cinematic preview within 48 hours. The full archive, hand edited, within six weeks. And an artebook pressed on cotton paper that outlives us all.

Bride lifting her sheer veil at both sides while wearing long lace gloves and a diamond necklace
Meet the atelier

Editions

Three ways to own the day

Edition I

The Reportage

  • Eight hours, one photographer
  • 400+ hand edited photographs
  • Private online gallery, one year
  • 48 hour preview selection

from €1 900

Edition II · most commissioned

The Edition

  • Full day, two photographers
  • 800+ photographs & cinematic film
  • Fine art artebook, 30 × 30 cm
  • Engagement session included
  • 48 hour preview selection

from €3 400

Edition III

The Archive

  • Multi day coverage, full team
  • Photography, film & drone
  • Two artebooks + parent albums
  • Framed exhibition print, 70 cm
  • First look priority calendar

by consultation

Every edition travels. Flights and stays across Europe are arranged by the atelier and quoted transparently. One number, no surprises.

Kind words

“We forgot they were there, and yet somehow they were everywhere. The book made my mother cry twice.”A & M · married in spring
“The preview arrived while we were still at the honeymoon breakfast. We cancelled the beach and stayed in to watch it.”T & M · married in autumn
“Every friend who marries after us gets one instruction. Book them first, choose the date second.”J & M · married in summer

Destinations

Where we love to work

Amalfi CoastCliffside ceremonies · lemon grovesLake ComoVilla terraces · evening waterTuscanyGolden hills · long tablesSaint-TropezRiviera light · white partiesVenicePalazzo mornings · quiet canalsSantoriniCaldera vows · blue dusk

Saint Weddings is commissioned for luxury destination weddings across Italy, the French Riviera and the Mediterranean, and follows its couples anywhere in the world. Two weddings, one weekend, two countries? It has happened. Beautifully.

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