Wedding Editorial Project · Château de Nandy

Wedding Editorial Project at Château de Nandy, near Paris

Pale stone, red curtains and a garden that darkens slowly. An editorial project at Château de Nandy, near Paris, that brings together how I look at couple portraits, architecture and the relationship between light and place.

The venue

Château de Nandy is in Seine-et-Marne, near Paris. For this project I was drawn to its rooms with antique tapestries, the stone staircase, the tall windows and the gravel garden, where the light falls soft at the end of the afternoon.

The building already has character: the flowers, white and simple, only had to keep it company.

Bride tossing her bouquet in front of the Château de Nandy facade during an editorial shoot near Paris — Editorial shoot · Château de Nandy

Three moments

We began indoors, with window light and the groom’s tuxedo. The bride, in a lace gown and a long veil, walked through the gallery to the courtyard; then we went out to the garden for the couple portraits and a table with candles and gypsophila.

I worked in colour and in black and white: colour tells the place; black and white tells the gesture.

A way of looking

I look for the light first and the frame second, and let each image leave room for the place.

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Bride in a lace gown and veil in the gallery of the Château de Nandy

Couple embracing on the gravel at Château de Nandy, editorial shoot near Paris

Groom in a tuxedo on the staircase framed by red curtains at Château de Nandy

Intimate portrait of the couple with a pearl veil in the château gardens

Black-and-white kiss of the couple among white flowers, editorial wedding shoot in France

Three groomsmen in tuxedos seated beneath an antique portrait, black and white, Château de Nandy

Portrait of the groom in a bow tie seated by a château salon window

Banquet table with baby’s breath and candles in the gardens of Château de Nandy, editorial shoot

Portrait of the groom in a tuxedo against a red curtain

Bride seen from behind in a stone doorway at Château de Nandy, black and white

Groom fastening his jacket by a window, black and white, Château de Nandy

Editorial shoot · Château de Nandy

Wedding Editorial Project · Château de Nandy, France · Photography: Sandra Olivares