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Notes on light, places, and the art of seeing. In French and English.

Eze is a perched village 427 metres above the sea, halfway between Nice and Monaco. It features a view. Takes in the full arc of the Riviera coast from the Esterel in the west to the Italian border in the east. It is among the most vertiginous inhabited places in France, and among the most […]

Eze Village: Wedding Photography at 427 Metres Above the Sea

Wedding photography on the Côte d'Azur by Guillaume Gimenez

Monaco is the most compact and most concentrated expression of refinement on the entire Riviera. Two square kilometres of principality containing the Grand Prix circuit. The Casino de Monte-Carlo, the Opéra Garnier de Monte-Carlo, the Prince’s Palace. A concentration of five-star hotels and private residences that has no equivalent in France. For a wedding, it […]

Wedding Photography in Monaco: The Principality at Its Most Exceptional

Wedding photography in the South of France by Guillaume Gimenez

There is a logic to the golden hour on the French Riviera that is different from anywhere else. The Mediterranean sits to the south. The sun sets to the west. The reflection from the sea arrives from the south throughout the day, lifting shadows in a way that inland locations cannot replicate. When the golden […]

Golden Hour on the Côte d’Azur: How to Plan a Wedding Around the Light

Wedding photography on the French Riviera at golden hour by Guillaume Gimenez