An editorial at Villa Platamone, Catania, Sicily
Sicily · November 2019

White as
an argument

Villa Platamone · Catania, Sicily

Not a wedding: a shoot, made in a Sicilian villa in November with nobody to photograph but two people and the light coming through five sets of shutters. Painted walls, an art-nouveau ceiling, a lace dress with sleeves, and a floor covered in confetti by the end of the afternoon.

The painted wall
The room with the orange curtains
The bow tie
Him, at the window
At the fireplace
Dressing
In the mirror
A hand, in a sleeve
Standing in the light

Five rooms,
and the same
window twice

Catania · Sicily

Catania · Sicily
The mirrored room
At the open window
Close
Held
The earring

What a shoot
is actually
for

An editorial is where you find out what you believe about light before a real wedding forces you to decide in four seconds. Nobody is late, nothing is being rushed, and the only thing at stake is whether the picture is good.

So the frames here are deliberately the ones a wedding day rarely allows: a hand in a sleeve, a shoulder against a painted wall, the same window used twice on purpose. It is practice, and it is also the clearest statement of the look on this site.

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On the settee
The blue sofa
The bouquet
By the urn, in black and white
And inside, in black and white
Villa Platamone, in November

Lace, againsta paintedwall

How I work
In profile
Seated, with the veil
The shoes, on confetti
The dress on the floor
The staircase
The green room
And the last frame of the afternoon
The team Catania, Sicily
Location
Villa Platamone, Catania
Photography
Stefano Casati

Photographs by Stefano Casati. A styled shoot, not a commission — if it was published anywhere, the credit list should follow the published one.

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