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The low sun between their faces, a moment before the kiss, her hands on his chest.

A day by the sea

July

19 July 2019, on a stretch of the Adriatic coast. Between the first photograph, in the afternoon, and the last, late at night, eight hours went by.

In between, a ceremony on the beach and twenty-five minutes at the water’s edge as the light came down.

The afternoon begins in a room with the curtains drawn, more than two hours before the ceremony.

The bride with her eyes closed, face tilted to the light; in the mirror, her profile.
The bride, in a floral robe, holds her dress up against the light of the window.

The ceremony was on the beach, under a tulle canopy with a sprig of lavender tied to the pole. Between the rings and the signature, seven minutes.

The tulle gazebo on the beach, a sprig of lavender tied to its post, before the ceremony.
The bride laughing as she signs the register, leaning over the table.
The groom’s hands untying the rings among olive sprigs on the ceremony table.
After the ceremony the couple talk closely, she holding a glass, he watching her.
The bride straightens the flower on the groom’s lapel; behind them, the sea.

Then the shore, at the hour when the light drops and stops being harsh. We stayed there for twenty-five minutes.

Hand in hand on the sand, he turns towards her; behind them the sea and the breakwaters.
The bouquet resting on the sand among the shells; behind it, out of focus, the couple hand in hand.
The embrace at the shoreline: her eyes closed, her head against his chest.
The couple in silhouette at the water’s edge at dusk, a calm sea and a wide pale sky.

In the evening, dinner among the candles and the party under lights strung in the trees: the part of the day when no one notices me any more.

At the table, among candles and white drapes, the couple look towards someone out of frame.
At night, under a straw parasol, the couple drink together.
In the dark, among the garden lights, the groom smiles, glass in hand, beside the bride.
Cheek to cheek in the dark, the lights of the party behind them.

Getting married by the sea?

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