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Edoardo Morina
( Weddings · Rome )

Rome does not stop for you.

I live between Rome and Catania. Rome is the only Italian city that refuses to behave for a wedding: the traffic does not part, the tourists do not move, somebody is always shouting. That is the whole point.

A wedding photographed properly in Rome looks like Rome. Scooters in the frame, a waiter walking through the shot, marble that has been walked on for two thousand years and looks it. The alternative is a set of pictures that could have been taken in a studio with a printed backdrop.

[ 02 ] Rome, photographed
A guest in white tie eating from a plate at a night reception, another guest watching him over his shoulder
A vintage white car waiting on the drive while a guest sits alone at a table, the dome of St Peter’s on the horizon
Bottles crowded on a tray in front of a garden statue after dark, in black and white
Two nuns watching a ribbon being tied around a wrist, in black and white
Two guests holding on to each other, one face seen through the wine glass in her hand, in black and white
[ 03 ] Where I shoot in Rome

  1. [ 01 ] The centre

    Courtyards behind unmarked doors, staircases worth the climb, and streets that will not be cleared for you.

  2. [ 02 ] The villas

    Gardens above the city, pines, long tables, and a view that does half the work if you let it.

  3. [ 03 ] Trastevere and the river

    Ochre walls, washing lines, and the only quiet hour of the day at six in the morning.

  4. [ 04 ] Rooftops

    Where the party ends up. Bad light for an hour, then the best light of the day.

  5. [ 05 ] The countryside outside

    Castelli Romani and beyond. Twenty five minutes from the airport and an entirely different day.

[ 04 ] How the day goes

I am not directing you.

Rome punishes optimistic schedules. Twenty minutes between two points in the centre is never twenty minutes, and a plan that assumes it will fall apart by the afternoon.

I turn up the day before and walk the route at the hour you will be walking it. Not to scout pretty corners: to find out what is actually going to happen.

What I photograph is the day, including the parts that go wrong. The car that does not arrive is a better picture than the car that does.

[ 05 ] Asked before, answered here
Do we need a permit to photograph in the street?
For two people and a camera, in practice no. For a crew with lights and stands in a monumental area, yes, and your planner will handle it. I work small precisely so this question rarely comes up.
Everywhere is full of tourists. Is that a problem?
Only if the plan was to pretend they are not there. They are part of what the city is. I photograph around them, not against them.
Do you travel for weddings?
Yes. Anywhere in Italy and anywhere else. Travel and accommodation are quoted with the rest, so nothing appears on the invoice that was not agreed first.
Will it be you photographing, or someone from a team?
Me. On weddings I work alongside Giovanni Cocco, and the two of us are the two who turn up. You will never meet a photographer you have not spoken to.
How long until we see the photographs?
Everything is delivered within two months of the wedding, in a private online gallery you can download from home.
Can we print wherever we like?
Yes. The files are yours. You do not have to come through me to print, and I will not charge you for the privilege.
Will you pose us?
No. No details lined up like a catalogue, no walking towards the camera holding hands, no frame that could belong to anybody else. I photograph the day as it goes.
[ 06 ] Where to go next

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