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French Riviera Wedding Photographers

Our French Riviera photographers also provide documentary-style coverage in: Côte d'Azur, Saint-Tropez, Toulon, Le Lavandou, Cap-d'Ail, Beaulieu-sur-Mer, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, Villefranche-sur-Mer, Antibes, Juan-les-Pins, Cannes, Saint-Raphaël, Fréjus, Sainte-Maxime

French Riviera Wedding Photography, Engagement Photo Sessions + Elopements

Intimate Wedding Photography in French Riviera - Capturing the Joy of Small Celebrations - Discover the best French Riviera photographers specializing in intimate marriages. Couples are embracing the trend of smaller, more meaningful celebrations. Let our talented photographers capture the joy and intimacy of your wedding day.

By planning a simple French Riviera elopement, couples are able to stay present in the moment and fully absorb the impact of their wedding day. Given the fact that many couples feel more natural and at ease in intimate settings, it's no surprise that some of the most breathtaking wedding images come from elopements.

The WPJA has an abundance of top-ranked, French Riviera documentary wedding photographers available right now who understand that some weddings and elopements can’t wait. Find yours today!
Recent WPJA WedElope Story Awards
The bride and groom had a small wedding, and decided to take their wedding photos on the dock by the water at the groom's family camp. The groom helped the bride walk out to the end of the dock, making it a special moment they will always remember.
Kathryn Wallace Yeaton
A very impromptu elopement wedding and a BW image of the Bride and Groom Walking Out
Christelle Rall
Domestic Partnership, Civil Marriage Ceremony in NYC | the couple fills out paperwork before their ceremony
Kayla Rice

French Riviera Photographers for Large or Small Weddings

Shooting an elopement or small French Riviera wedding event is a wedding photojournalist’s dream: a fairly open schedule with lots of breathing space for creativity – it’s just the photographer, the couple, the officiant, and perhaps a few select companions.

PACA WPJA members are ready to document any secret, small, town hall, or elopement wedding, even if it is a Monday-Thursday ceremony. Search for the “Can Shoot Weddings on Short Notice!” message on the listings below.

View Award-Winning Pictures from French Riviera Wedding Venues

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4 French Riviera Wedding Photographers...

Engagement Portraits by top Wedding and Elopement Photographer Sylvain Bouzat

Sylvain Bouzat is an experienced destination wedding photographer who has been capturing real moments at weddings since 2010. With his artistic approach, he creates documentary-style photos and reportages, specializing in elopements and engagement portraits. Sylvain's...

Sylvain Bouzat

Lyon, FR *Now booking French Riviera weddings.
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72
4200 (EUR)
Tours Wedding Photographer Hugo Desessard of the Indre-et-Loire, Centre-Val de Loire, France WPJA

Hugo Desessard is an experienced wedding photographer, based in Tours. Capturing uniqueness and emotions on couples' big day with an artistic and natural touch.

Hugo Desessard

Tours in Indre-et-Loire (37) , FR *Now booking French Riviera weddings.
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1450 (EUR)
Engagement sessions and wedding photography by Colas Declercq - WPJA of France

Colas Declercq is an experienced wedding photographer with a passion for travel, art and culture from France. His images capture couples’ natural moments and emotions on their big day. He always seeks to build trust with his subjects, and takes a limited number of weddings...

Colas Declercq

Marseille, FR *Now booking French Riviera weddings.
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14
2100 (EUR)
Italy Wedding and Elopement Photography

Andrea Bagnasco is an Italian wedding photographer with a keen eye and passion for capturing lasting memories. He first developed his interest in photography in the mid-80's when he purchased his first camera, and has since captured countless meaningful moments of joy...

Andrea Bagnasco

Varazze in Savona, IT *Now booking French Riviera weddings.
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1
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1800 (EUR)

Map of Wedding Photojournalists Serving French Riviera Couples

Wedding Venue Pictures by French Riviera Wedding Photographers

Please select a venue below to view all associated contest-winning French Riviera wedding photos.

French Riviera Wedding, Elopement and Engagement Images by WPJA Photographers

Below are some French Riviera wedding photography samples from the world’s best wedding photographers of the WPJA. Some of these French Riviera marriage pictures might be artistic portraits, details, or documentary-style images that have come from getting ready sessions, wedding ceremonies, reception venues, or French Riviera engagement portrait sessions with couples.

In this engagement portrait, a couple in Nice-Côte d'Azur is captured about to kiss, with sunbeams and a bright blue sky adding a backdrop to their joy, playfulness, and fun.
A couple engagement portrait captured by a France wedding photographer in Saint Martin de Ré, where the couple is having fun in the afternoon sunlight.
Newlyweds exiting the stunning Antibes Church on the French Riviera as tossed flower petals and rice rain down from above.
A creative portrait by a Hyeres wedding photographer, capturing a couple in a charming street of the south of France, standing on the porch of a village stone building.
A fine art couple portrait captured by a Hyeres wedding photographer, showcasing the couple near the sea holding hands on the rocky coast in Hyeres, France's French Riviera, with a silhouette effect.
An engaged couple wearing formal clothing is standing on a dock by the water in Saint-Tropez for a pre-wedding portrait
In a wedding scene setter at Hotel Eden Roc, Antibes, Côte d’Azur, France, the perfect weather reflected a stunning scene, with umbrellas providing an elegant touch for the sitting guests during the ceremony
French Riviera engagement session of a couple posing near a beautiful building with storm clouds filling the sky
The couple in Marseille, France, who are standing on a stair landing outdoors are soon to be married on the beautiful French Riviera
A couple is soon to be wed in Marseille, France, against the backdrop of an iron fence on the beautiful French Riviera
The engaged couple embraced in a bright and vibrant atmosphere with a backdrop of blue water and sky in Toulon
A couple is running next to a stone wall at French Riviera

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Can a wedding photojournalist create artistic portraits on my French Riviera wedding day?
A: While wedding photojournalists strive to capture candid moments on the wedding day, our photographers also are skilled artists who can compose powerful portraits. If you have a specific vision of what types of images you want from your wedding day, look at the top-ranked French Riviera wedding photographers who have earned Artistic Guild awards for portrait and detail images.
Q: How can couples find French Riviera photographers for pre-wedding engagement portraits?
A: The WPJA issues Diamond Awards for French Riviera wedding photographers to showcase their best engagement photography work. These awards are given to photographers who prove that they have an ability to be creative, artistic, and intuitive while working on-location with couples who are newly engaged.
Q: Who are the best French Riviera wedding photographers for small elopements?
A: The WPJA is proud to have some of the top French Riviera documentary wedding photographers for elopements. Our members are able to submit WedElope Stories that take you step-by-step, via a 9 image picture story, through the unique and moving elopements that take place around the world.
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WPJA Communiqué: Viewpoints
Elopements: Traditional and Modern
The oldsters among the WPJA ranks no doubt remember when 'to elope' meant, in Merriam-Webster’s definition, “to run away secretly with the intention of getting married, usually without parental consent.” Many wedding photographers have gone on the lam with couples who did just that. However, even Merriam-Webster now acknowledges that “elope appears to have become shorthand for ‘ small destination weddings ,’ a ‘ wedding that is not financially insane ,’ or a ‘ wedding that allows us to not invite all the people we would rather not invite .’” Smaller Weddings are... Read more
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On Instagram and elsewhere, one can see images labeled as #photojournalism or #reportage when they are, in fact, merely photos. I say "merely," even though photography has been my career's great passion. But it's because of that passion and my respect for the work of actual photojournalists that I am particularly bothered to see wedding photographers call their work "reportage." That word properly used actually means something important beyond just a stylistic conceit. By contrast, however, I'm the lead cheerleader for those practitioners of #weddingphotojournalism ... Read more

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