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Monolith & Silk

Two days at a brutalist villa on the lake — concrete, couture silk and a table for ninety at dusk.

Photography
Elara Vance
Venue
Villa Cemento
Florals
Casa Verde
Gown
Maison Aurel
Cinematic wedding reception in a brutalist villa

Lake Como, Italy

The Commission

The venue was a 1960s concrete villa cut into the hillside. We treated it as a set: hard geometry against the softest possible fabric.

The ceremony happened in the hall, unlit, at four in the afternoon. The reception moved to the terrace and stayed there until the candles burned out.

Delivered as a 64-image edit plus a bound archive print run of twelve.

Selected Frames

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Bride with dark hair in a sculptural couture gown inside a brutalist concrete hall
The hall, 16:20
Long candlelit banquet table on a terrace above the lake at dusk
Ninety at the table
Cinematic wedding reception in a brutalist villa with warm lighting
Last light