About
About
Based in Sicily · Available Worldwide · Film & Digital
I’m Alex Cinisi. I’m Sicilian — born and raised in the kind of light that makes everything look like a memory before it even becomes one.
I photograph 15 weddings a year. Not because I can’t do more — but because your wedding deserves someone who has already studied your timeline, scouted your venue’s light, and thought about your story before the day even begins.
Every couple gets my complete creative attention, from the first call to the final album page.
Why I Do This
As a child, I drew on canvases and glass bottles — anything I could find. Oneiric worlds, somewhere between Dalí and the light that came through the windows of the house where I grew up. I still have those albums, stacked in a wooden chest in that same house. They’re the earliest proof that I’ve always needed to capture what I see — not just look at it.
When I picked up a camera for the first time, everything clicked. The visual language I’d been searching for since childhood finally had its medium. But it wasn’t until I witnessed a moment at one of my first weddings — the way a room goes silent when someone sees the person they love — that I understood what I wanted to photograph. Not venues. Not decorations. People, in the most honest moments of their lives.
That’s still what drives me. I don’t direct — I observe. I don’t rush — I wait. Because the moments that matter most are the ones you weren’t performing for anyone. And those are the ones I want to give back to you.
Film & Digital
Alongside my digital cameras, I bring a Canon AE-1 Program to every wedding. It’s a 35mm film camera from the early 1980s, loaded with Kodak Portra 400 — a film stock loved for the way it renders skin tones in warm, natural light.
There are moments during your day — a quiet glance before the ceremony, the way the late afternoon catches your dress — where I set down the digital and pick up the Canon. These frames won’t be instant. They’ll arrive weeks later, developed in a lab, with a warmth and grain that digital can’t replicate.
You’ll know which ones they are the moment you see them. They’re the photographs that feel less like a photo and more like holding a piece of that day in your hands. The kind your grandmother would frame on her wall.
This isn’t nostalgia. It’s a deliberate choice — for couples who want their album to feel like an heirloom from the day it’s printed.
In Their Words
“Ci siamo dimenticati che c'era un fotografo. Ogni immagine sembra naturale, esattamente come l'abbiamo vissuta.”
“From our first video call, Alex understood exactly what we wanted — even before we could fully explain it. The photos are beyond anything we imagined.”
“Every time we open the album, it's like being back in Sicily. The light, the emotion, everything is there.”
Background
My work extends beyond weddings. As an editorial photographer, my images have appeared in Vogue Italia, Le Point, Marie Claire, L’Officiel, and La Cucina Italiana. This background shapes how I see your wedding day — not as a checklist of moments to capture, but as a story with light, composition, and emotion at its center.
I’m a member of ANFM (Associazione Nazionale Fotografi Matrimonialisti) and my work has been featured on Wezoree’s curated guide to Sicily’s finest wedding venues.
But the credential I value most is this: I know Sicily. Not from a brochure — from a lifetime of watching its light change. I know which streets in Palermo catch the last light, and which courtyards in Noto hold it longest.
From intimate elopements in Scopello to grand celebrations at Villa Igiea, from Baroque Noto to the clifftop terraces of Taormina — every Sicilian venue has its own character, its own light, its own story. And I’ve photographed in most of them.
When you hire me, you’re not getting a photographer who flies in the day before. You’re getting someone who already knows where the light will be on your wedding day.
Yes. While I'm based in Sicily and know this island intimately, I photograph weddings across Italy and internationally — from Lake Como to the Amalfi Coast, from Puglia to destinations worldwide. My approach and attention remain the same wherever your wedding takes place.
I arrive early — usually during the getting-ready moments — and stay through the last dance. I work discreetly alongside your day, never interrupting the flow. You'll receive both digital and film photographs, each individually edited. A sneak peek arrives within 48–72 hours, the full gallery within 6–8 weeks.
Of course. During our first conversation, I'll share complete galleries from weddings similar to yours — same venue style, similar light, comparable scale. I want you to see exactly what to expect, not just the highlights.
Every wedding I photograph begins with a conversation — not a sales pitch. Tell me your date, your venue, your vision. I’ll tell you honestly if I’m the right photographer for your story.
I respond within 24 hours
That's not a promise — it's the standard. Every image I create is designed to make you feel exactly what you felt in that moment, forever.
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