Documentary Wedding Photographer
on the French Riviera
"The depth of the attachment, the smiles, the tears, and the moment when two people become one."
Discover my approach
Your wedding photographs, a year later and ten years later
Documentary wedding photography in Nice, Cannes, Monaco and across Provence. I photograph the day as it happens, and I stage nothing.
Why ?
You will live this day once. The photographs you can look at as often as you like.
since 2009
“In this industry, you meet many photographers. Occasionally, you meet one you hope to work with again and again. Lawrence is one of those.”
“Lawrence doesn’t just capture images. He captures the soul of a moment. Each photograph instantly brings us back to the emotion of that day.”
“His presence is discreet and reassuring. We felt free to be ourselves, and that is exactly what we see reflected in our images.”
"A wedding is told in the order it happened, from the first preparation to the last goodbye."
On this coast the light arrives twice, directly and thrown back by the sea. The hour counts as much as the place.
Beautiful Stories
Bernadette & Jean
Château de la Garde
Nancy & Christian
Château Saint-Georges
A & Y
La Bastide de l'Auberge des Adrets
Getting Ready
Two questions couples often ask before the day.
Photographing life's key moments with judgement
I photograph weddings as reportage, in contrast to a posed session. The years since 1992 have taught me to stand where the scene unfolds and to anticipate a gesture rather than ask for it. The images that last are the ones nobody saw being taken.
Portraits taken in the flow of the day
Late in the afternoon, the raking light along the coast gives skin tones a warmth that midday flattens. Backlight at that hour separates the figure from the background without hollowing out faces, in contrast to frontal lighting.
Documentary Wedding Photography on the French Riviera
There are the images you plan for, and the ones that simply happen. A glance exchanged mid-conversation. A hand resting on a shoulder. A father holding back tears. A few seconds of silence before the music starts. These are the images I photograph weddings for.
Trained as a documentary photographer, I spent fifteen years in Paris working between reportage and travel before returning to the French Riviera, where I've been photographing weddings since 2009, across Provence and in Monaco.
I don't stage anything, and I never ask a moment to happen twice. I stay present, ready, until the scene unfolds on its own, and that faithfulness to what actually happened is what gives the images their truth, years later.
From the first preparations to the last dance, in the region's châteaux, estates and villas, and at ceremonies in Monaco.
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