I am a European-born luxury wedding photographer in New York and Los Angeles, capturing love stories worldwide. My journey began in Saint Petersburg, Russia, where I first fell in love with photography as a creative outlet to explore light, color, and emotion. I later refined my craft in Paris, working in the world of high fashion, which shaped my signature editorial style.
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There’s something incredibly powerful about being invited into such an intimate, emotional day and turning it into art. I’m drawn to the beauty and fleeting nature of weddings — the way a look, a touch, or a quiet in-between moment can tell an entire story. I love capturing the intentional design elements and the deep personal connections with equal care. For me, wedding photography is the intersection of timeless elegance, emotional depth, and editorial storytelling — and I feel so lucky to call it my work.
I want them to feel transported — to not just remember how it looked, but to feel how it all unfolded. The nervous anticipation, the joyful chaos on the dance floor. I hope the photos feel elevated and timeless, but never stiff — more like artful memories they can hold onto forever.
Fashion editorials, European architecture, and film photography are constant sources of inspiration. I love studying light and composition in old movies, and I’m endlessly inspired by the way fine art and nature inform design — the colors of a French countryside, the stillness of a Vermeer painting, the sharp lines in Vogue spreads. All of it finds its way into how I see and photograph a wedding day.
The quiet ones — when the bride is getting ready with her mom, or the couple takes a breath together after the ceremony. But I also live for the electric energy just after the ceremony ends or the way people let loose during the reception. Those unscripted, emotionally charged moments are where the magic happens.
Yes — Paris (a grand city venue, like The Ritz!) is at the very top of my list. The dramatic scenery, the old-world elegance, the light — it’s a dream setting for the kind of timeless yet stylish imagery I love to create. I’d also love to shoot a wedding in Provence — or honestly anywhere with rich texture, history, and atmosphere.
