Abbaye-aux-Hommes, CaenSaturday 4 July 2026Henna, town hall, cloister, drinks receptionA Fotorama story
The story
A day between two traditions
Kamilia and Jean-Baptiste’s wedding fits in a single place: the Abbaye-aux-Hommes in Caen. The wedding room of the town hall, the cloister, the garden and the esplanade are a few steps from one another, and the pale Caen stone reflects a light I know by heart.
The henna set the tone for the day: painted hands, a ring slipped between two patterns, crisp shadows on the stone in full sun. Between tradition and modernity, without anyone having to pose.
Here is the story, in the order it happened: getting ready, the civil ceremony, the cloister, the town, then the drinks reception.
Getting ready
Window light, the veil, henna against the dress.
In the window light.
Henna against the dress.
The veil, against a stone wall.
The esplanade of the Abbaye-aux-Hommes.
Crossing the esplanade with a friend.
The town hall
The wedding room of Caen town hall, housed in the abbey itself.
“Oui.”
During the vows.
A smile, a hand on the shoulder.
Leaving, under the confetti.
The cloister
The arcades, the garden, the bubbles. Nobody poses: we wait for the light and the gestures to meet.
The cloister garden. They walk towards us without being asked.
The cloister walk.
In the shade of an arch.
Damien
Leaving, under the bubbles.
With a witness.
A minute, just the two of them.
The details
Henna in full sun: hands, shadows, a ring.
The ring.
Henna on the shoulder.
Cast shadows.
The patterns.
Hard light.
The town and the drinks reception
Crossing Caen in wedding clothes, then joining the guests.
In the streets of Caen.
The children, during the drinks reception.
The guests.
The wedding contact sheet
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Every delivered image is chosen one by one, as on a contact sheet. No duplicates, nothing added to fill space.
The gallery: images chosen from my weddings since 2008.
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