A small atelier of two photographers documenting weddings, intimate portraits and editorial commissions across Portugal, Italy and the south of France since 2014.
We do not stage the day. We watch it. We wait for the light to arrive at the back of your mother's neck, for the laugh that breaks the silence, for the small hand finding yours. The photographs we keep are the ones we did not ask for.
— Inês & Tomás
We arrive early, we stay late, and we do almost nothing in between except watch. We work with two Leicas and a single Hasselblad, with available light, and with a deep aversion to anything resembling a "first look."
Before the day, we talk over coffee and walk the venue together. No shot lists.
Inês covers the intimate; Tomás covers the wide. We rarely speak during the day.
Every gallery is graded frame-by-frame. Prints are made in our Chiado darkroom.
You receive a linen-bound folio of forty hand-printed photographs as a closing gift.
All commissions begin with a conversation. We accept twelve weddings per year.
You write. We reply within two days with availability and a printed brochure.
A long call — or coffee in Chiado — about what kind of day you are imagining.
We arrive an hour early. We watch. We make pictures.
Twelve weeks later: an archival folio and a private gallery, by hand.
A four-day celebration on the dunes — a welcome dinner under fig trees, a barefoot ceremony, a long lunch beside horses, and a bonfire that did not end until the milk arrived from the village.
View the Story →"Inês and Tomás move like wind. We barely noticed them, and yet they returned to us the entire day, exactly as it had felt."
"The folio arrived in linen, hand-tied. My grandmother held it for an hour and did not speak. I think that is the right review."
"They photographed our family of six over a weekend in Cascais. The photographs are not portraits — they are the people themselves."
A few words is all we need to begin. We answer every letter personally within two working days, with availability and a printed brochure if you would like one posted.
Frame Studio — Rua Garrett 47, 2.ºTwelve weddings a year. Two photographers. One conversation. We would love to hear about yours.
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