Dirk & Alexandra

Wedding in Paris

Dirk and Alexandra walking up the aisle between their guests in Paris

Getting ready

Dirk got ready with his friends: champagne, bow ties, cufflinks and one of them at the piano. Everyone was in black tie, and between the jokes there was time for a calm portrait of him in the armchair before we went down to the garden.

A friend fastening his bow tie in the mirror

Close-up of a cufflink being fastened on a white shirt cuff

Friends in black tie relaxing in a tan armchair, seen through an open doorway

A friend playing the piano while the others listen, in black and white

Dirk seated by the piano with two friends standing at his sides, in black and white

Dirk in black tie sitting in a white armchair, in black and white

Dirk seated with two friends in black tie standing behind him, in black and white

Two friends in black tie checking their jackets behind glass doors, in black and white

Before the ceremony

Guests arrived past a line of lanterns to the front of the house, in long gowns and dinner jackets, and gathered inside under the chandeliers. In the garden, white chairs faced a round pavilion of stone columns draped in white, and Dirk walked down the aisle with two friends.

Lanterns lining the path to the front door of the stone house in central Paris

Guests walking up the lantern-lined courtyard as champagne is poured in the foreground

A guest in a long red gown walking down a marble staircase on a man’s arm

Guests in evening dress seen through an arched doorway under a chandelier

Dirk walking down the white aisle with two friends in black tie

The ceremony

Alexandra came through the garden in a long veil. Close friends led the ceremony under the draped columns, with white flowers all around and a lot of smiles. At the end they held their hands over each other’s hearts and walked back up the aisle as their guests cheered.

Alexandra walking through the garden in her veil, seen through the leaves

Alexandra walking down the aisle on a guest’s arm as Dirk waits under the pavilion

What couples say

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Dirk and Alexandra seated under the draped columns during the ceremony

Guests turning in their seats among white hydrangeas as the ceremony begins

A guest in glasses looking down at his hands among smiling guests at the ceremony

Dirk and Alexandra standing under the pavilion among white flowers during the ceremony

Alexandra smiling at Dirk as a friend speaks at the lectern

Dirk and Alexandra face to face beside a stone column, her veil falling behind her

Guests laughing and clapping in their white chairs during the ceremony

Guests in bright gowns standing on either side of the white aisle as the couple pass

Dirk and Alexandra walking back up the aisle as their guests cheer

Champagne glasses blurred in the foreground, guests on the terrace beyond

Cocktail hour

Drinks were served in the garden: oysters on ice, a champagne tower, a cigar on the lawn. Guests in gowns and black tie talked under the trees and by the hedges, and Alexandra moved from one group to the next with her veil still on.

Oysters being served on ice at the cocktail hour

Guests gathering at the bar by the clipped hedge, seen past a dark window frame

A guest in a navy suit smoking a cigar on the lawn

A waiter smiling behind a tower of champagne glasses in the garden

Alexandra laughing with guests in the garden after the ceremony

Guests in black tie and a wide-brimmed hat raising their glasses by the hedge

A guest in a black gown on the gravel in front of the house’s columns

Three guests in long gowns posing in front of a hedge

A guest with a glass of champagne chatting with two men in dinner jackets

The dining room

Before the guests sat down, I photographed the room set for the evening: a crystal chandelier, gold chairs, round tables in white linen and pale pink roses along the marble mantelpieces. Everything was ready for a long dinner with the people closest to them.