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

Saint-Tropez has two registers. The one that appears in headlines — the yachts, the Vieux Port, the nightlife — and the one that exists when you step five minutes inland into the old town, the vineyards, the stone villages of the Var. For a wedding, the second Saint-Tropez is more interesting, more photogenic, and more […]

Saint-Tropez Wedding Photography: Beyond the Headlines

Wedding photography on the Côte d'Azur by Guillaume Gimenez

The private villa is the defining wedding format on the Côte d’Azur. It is the architecture that built this coastline — the Belle Époque estates, the Italianate terraces, the gardens that descend in stone steps toward the sea. When a couple takes one of these properties for a weekend, they are not renting a venue. […]

Villa Wedding Photography on the Côte d’Azur

Wedding photography in the South of France by Guillaume Gimenez

The French Riviera operates at a register that is unlike anywhere else in France. It is not just the light, though the light here is exceptional. It is the combination of sea, stone, pine. A certain quality of wealth that has been accumulating since the Belle Époque. For wedding photography, the Côte d’Azur offers conditions […]

Wedding Photography on the French Riviera: An Introduction

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