Michele Monasta Photography

The couple at sunset above the vineyards of the Chianti hills, on a wedding day that began at the Church of Argiano in San Casciano in Val di Pesa, Michele Monasta Photography

Tuscany, Italy

Reportage wedding photography from Florence

No. 723 · Autumn 2026

Borgo Gallinaio from the air, set among woods and cypresses in the hills near Siena, Michele Monasta Photography

Welcome

Welcome to Michele Monasta Photography

Michele Monasta is a Florence photographer who has been the official photographer of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, the city's opera house, since 2019, and who photographs weddings across Tuscany, from Florence and Chianti to the Mugello, the Maremma and Cortona. His wedding work sits between reportage and editorial: natural and elegant, with no forced poses.

Michele Monasta has worked as a photographer in Florence for more than thirty years, over twenty-five of them in stage photography for theatre and cinema. Since 2019 he has been the official photographer of the Teatro del Maggio Musicale Fiorentino, Florence's opera house. He brings the same habit of watching to weddings, which he sees as a run of emotions that happen once, here and now, much as they do on a stage.

Photography, for me, means discreetly observing what really happens. Transforming a fragile moment into something that can remain over time. Where the scene and life meet, and the image becomes story and memory.Michele Monasta

About

Michele Monasta Photography

He describes his wedding work as editorial reportage: natural and elegant, without forced poses, made with discretion. His galleries move between black and white and warm colour, from quiet moments in the getting-ready rooms to crowded church steps and late, loud dance floors. Among his influences he names Caravaggio's light and shadow and photographers such as Elliott Erwitt, Lindbergh and Avedon.

He follows the whole day, from preparations and the ceremony through dinner and the party, and stays for long celebrations: one Maremma wedding at Borgo Carige ran over two days, and he writes that the family made him feel free to observe without barriers. For couples who want it, he also photographs a walk before the wedding.

The bridesmaids lift the groom off his feet for a group photograph above the hills, Michele Monasta Photography

Location

Getting there

Airport: Florence, 5 km straight line distance
Airport: Pisa, 71 km straight line distance
Station: Firenze Santa Maria Novella, 2 km straight line distance

Cutting the cake under strings of lights in the garden at Villa di Striano, Michele Monasta Photography

Services

What is on offer

3 services.

The groom dips the bride for a kiss as they walk back down the aisle at Borgo Gallinaio, Michele Monasta Photography

Service

Wedding photography

Reportage coverage of the whole wedding day, from preparations to
Multi-day celebrations
Intimate weddings and elopements

A first kiss as husband and wife in a crowded stone church, guests applauding, on the first of two days of celebration based at Borgo Carige in the Maremma, Michele Monasta Photography

Service

Couple shoots

Engagement and love sessions in Florence before the wedding

The newlyweds drive off in a vintage Fiat 600 while guests line the church piazza with their phones raised, Michele Monasta Photography

Service

Destinations

Florence
Chianti and San Casciano in Val di Pesa
The Mugello

The first dance in front of a curtain of fairy lights, in black and white, Michele Monasta Photography

How it works

Step by step

1
First contact
Call, email [email protected] or use the contact form with your date and venue. He replies with availability and prices.
2
A shoot before the wedding
If you would like one, a couple shoot or engagement walk, often through the historic centre of Florence, a chance to get to know...
3
The wedding day
Reportage coverage from the preparations through the ceremony, dinner and party, working discreetly and without directing poses.
4
Your story
Each wedding is edited into a story of the day, in colour and black and white. Delivery times, image numbers and album options are...