Indian Destination Wedding in Tuscany — An Intimate Celebration Near Lucca

An International Wedding Weekend Blending Cultures With Room To Breathe

At Studio Nove100, we believe that every story is unique. We firmly believe that. However, there are stories that are even more special. When different worlds and cultures come together, wonderful stories are born. Priceless stories. This is the case of Neha and Connor's wedding.

They chose Tuscany, specifically Lucca, for an intimate wedding with fewer than 30 guests. Only the closest friends and most significant relatives. This is a significant, important choice. If the essential is invisible to the eyes, and it is only the heart that can guide us, it is clear that the most significant people are those who truly matter on the day when such an important emotional bond is celebrated. Choosing to have few guests, then, is not a sacrifice but a deliberate choice. To maximize the value of the most intimate and close relationships for such a personal event.

Our challenge is to try to make visible, through photography, what is fundamental: the heart.

The Right Distance.

At Studio Nove100, we strongly believe that this is a fundamental key to all our work. Finding the right distance to tell a story. Every story requires a somewhat unique approach and distance. One must find the delicacy and sensitivity to understand where to position oneself, in relation to the stories and people, always unique in their individuality, to ensure that we are not intrusive but also emotionally connected to what is being experienced. Because a rational understanding of the context is not enough; we believe the emotional aspect is equally important.

A small gathering makes room for what matters: relationships, rhythm, and a sense of ease. That’s where our work begins.

Two Different Worlds Meet: India and the United States. And the Union Is Sealed in Italy.

Speaking of "distances," this story tells us how two seemingly extremely different worlds can meet in an absolutely casual way and in a very short time erase enormous distances. Neha and Connor have built a wonderful, intimate, and absolutely harmonious relationship. The distances that may appear enormous, culturally and socially speaking, are actually always an enormous, gigantic richness. This is as long as all the elements involved actively work to "reach out" to each other and to want to understand and know each other. This is an infinite richness, an unequivocal sign of the wonderful beauty of humanity. We never take for granted the wonders that surround us.

FROM THIS POINT OF VIEW, INDIAN RITES AND THEIR coexistence WITH CIVIL AND WESTERN RITES ARE A WONDER.

Over these 3 days of celebration, dancing, fun, love, friendships, different cultures, rites, and traditions merged into an absolutely marvelous continuum. Extraordinary clothes and colors, along with diametrically opposed music, blended into a space-time that seemed absolutely magical, within the context of the Tuscan hills. From the henna ceremony, through the Baraat ritual, to the various rites during the actual ceremony, it's a unique immersion into the millennia-old culture of a wonderful continent. And even more extraordinary is to see how these cultural contrasts are experienced, coming from completely different worlds. Exciting.

A Subtle Elegance. The Immense Charm of Simplicity.

Special thanks, in addition to all the relatives, friends, and of course Neha and Connor themselves, go to Best Indian Weddings Italy and its staff. For understanding and interpreting the event, setting up the beautiful villa near Lucca in a simple, functional, elegant, and wonderful way.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS.

At Studio Nove100, we strongly believe in an authorial discourse. For this reason, the choice of the second photographer is absolutely crucial for the success of a narrative that aims for a certain level of expressive and artistic quality. We thank Francesco Garufi on this occasion.

Explore our approach → Weddings