There are nights when dreams seem distant, like stars shining just beyond our reach. And then there are days when those stars draw closer, rest on your skin, and illuminate your path. The day I found out I had been named one of Rangefinder Magazine 30 Rising Stars of Wedding Photography was one of those days. A moment suspended in time, a breath held, the quickened heartbeat of someone realizing that step by step, the journey has taken an unexpectedly beautiful direction.
Photography has always been more than just an image to me. It is a bridge between souls, an invisible thread that ties together emotions, moments, and glances.
I started photographing weddings because I have always believed in the magic of connection, in the power of a whispered “yes” between intertwined hands, in the light that gently falls on faces full of wonder. Every love story I have had the honor to tell has taught me something—the tenderness of an embrace, the strength of a promise, the poetry hidden in a joyful tear.
Being recognized by Rangefinder felt like seeing my heart reflected in a mirror: the work, the dedication, the nights spent chasing the perfection of light, the desire to make something fleeting last forever.
When I received the news, time stood still. I thought of all the couples who opened the doors of their intimacy to me, entrusting me with their most precious memories. I thought of every journey I had taken with my camera in hand, searching for a new story to tell. And I felt a deep, immense gratitude for all of it.
For me, photography is not just about taking pictures.
It is listening to the silence of a moment before it happens. It is feeling the breath of two souls choosing each other. It is waiting for the perfect light to caress a face, for hands to meet, for an emotion to turn into an everlasting memory.
In a world that moves fast, where everything slips away in an instant, my mission is to stop time, to preserve the beauty of a day that will never come again but can be relived every time an album is opened, every time a photograph is seen in the warm light of a winter afternoon.
Being among the 30 Rising Stars is not a destination but a milestone on a journey I hope never ends.
And I want to keep walking, with my camera in hand and my heart wide open to the beauty of life.
Here you can see the selection I submitted to Rangefinder Magazine.
