Villa Lena in the hills above Palaia, Tuscany
Tuscany · 24 August 2024

Nothing
staged

Villa Lena · Toiano, Palaia, Tuscany

Zoë and Robin came from Belgium and asked for one thing: that it look like it happened. A little imprecise, a little dirty, analogue — and only a handful of frames where anyone was asked to stand anywhere.

The morning, before anyone arrived
Her mother
The flower girls
Getting ready

A church
older than
the country

Pieve di San Martino · Palaia

The Romanesque arches of the Pieve di San Martino
The pieve at Palaia
White flowers against the brick
At the door
Inside, in the dark
The party at the door
They perfectly capture all the loving memories of our wedding. They truly feel like a dream to us.

Robin & Zoë · after the gallery arrived

The car
Leaving the church
The drive back
Between two places

A villa
with a
pool in it

Villa Lena is a working estate above Palaia — terracotta, olives, and a pool that on a August afternoon is where eighty-one people actually are, whatever the schedule says.

Which suited the brief. An aperitif nobody organised is the easiest hour of the day to photograph honestly, and the hardest to fake.

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The estate from above
The pool
Lunch, standing up
Applause
Down the cypress walk
What they asked for

A littleimprecise.A little dirty.

How I work
Villa Lena · the film Open on YouTube
The villa at dusk
Cypresses, last light
Where dinner was
Dinner
Their initials, badly, in neon
Walking away
The team 12 vendors · 81 guests
Venue
Villa Lena
Ceremony
Pieve di San Martino, Palaia
Planning
The Tuscan Wedding
Photography & film
Stefano Casati
Flowers
Pampas Koning
Hair
Elisa Salerno
Make-up
Susa Bride
Styling & design
Il Matrimonio Italiano
Bar
Fashion Wild Mixology
Gelato
Brindapino
Audio & lights
Wedding Music and Lights
Car
Egidio Borri
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Two boats,
one lake

Relais Villa Vittoria, on the shore at Laglio.

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