The Italian Riviera is one of those places that doesn't need embellishment: the coastline, the light, the colour of the water do everything on their own. What it does need is a photographer who knows how to stay out of the way and let it all happen. We're based just next to the Riviera and Cinque Terre, which means we know this landscape the way you only can when you've watched it in every season and every kind of light. We know where the afternoon sun hits the terraces of Vernazza, how the harbour of Portofino feels at dusk, and which corners of the Riviera di Levante no tourist ever finds.
We're Ludovica and Valerio, wedding photographers based in Northwest Italy, right on the doorstep of the Italian Riviera and Cinque Terre. Since 2015 we've been documenting weddings along this coastline from intimate elopements on the cliffs above the sea to larger celebrations in the historic villas of the Riviera di Ponente.
We work quietly, instinctively, and always with the light. On the Riviera, that's the most important thing.
We count ourselves lucky in that our job is what we love the most: creating authentic, emotional photography for intimate and exclusive Italian weddings and elopements.
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A wedding on the Italian Riviera can mean many different things. A ceremony in one of the Cinque Terre villages, with the sea a hundred metres below and the whole coastline stretched out behind you. A dinner on a terrace in Portofino as the boats come in at dusk. An elopement on a cliff path above Monterosso, just the two of you and the sound of the water. Whatever yours looks like, the Riviera has a way of making everything feel slightly more cinematic than real life and that's exactly what we're here to photograph.
Audrey AND BRIAN
ADRIANA & RODNEY
LEONIE & FABIAN