Flavio Bandiera
Italy-based Destination Wedding
Photographer Since 1991
About
NICE TO MEET YOU
I am Flavio Bandiera
I was born in northern Italy, in a darkroom.
My father was a landscape photographer. I grew up watching him take photographs in the studio and develop and print them at night. He also taught me to study the great Italian and European painters.
I still look for that light today. That sense of composition I first saw in galleries. It is probably why I believe a wedding photograph should be interesting not only today, but in thirty years. That is what I call timeless.
After studying computer science, I chose photography as my profession at 24. Since 1991 I have photographed couples and families, first in Italy, then across Europe from 2004, then worldwide from 2009.
Today I have come full circle. Next to my digital cameras, I carry one loaded with black-and-white film again, and those rolls are developed and printed by hand, in a darkroom, just like my father’s prints.
Flavio Bandiera
MANIFESTO
My style is fusion
Candid for what is real. Fashion for how you want to remember yourself. Classic for what must remain timeless. Three languages that merge into one.
Why I photograph a limited number of celebrations each year
When passion for people meets three decades of experience, the result is presence.
I photograph 1 to 3—day celebrations, from the Lakes to Tuscany and beyond. Small gatherings where I have time to see, to wait, to be fully present for you and your guests. This is why I accept only 25 celebrations a year.
My approach
Most of your wedding day, I stay out of the way. I watch, anticipate and photograph what unfolds on its own, because the moments you will care about most are rarely the ones anyone planned.
A few times during the day, I step in. For your portraits, the details and the places that made you choose Italy, I work like I would on an editorial shoot: choosing the light, guiding the composition, giving you just enough direction to feel at ease in front of the camera. You won’t be asked to hold stiff poses. You’ll be asked to walk, to talk, to be close.
Because destination weddings often last two or three days, I photograph the whole story, from the welcome dinner to the last dance. And because I take on a limited number of weddings each year, each one gets my full attention, from the first call to the final album.
MY WORLD
Get to know me
I have seen hundreds of families being born. Here is mine.
Mihaela and our daughter Aurora. We live in the hills of Piedmont and we travel as much as we can, combining work with small explorations. Having a globetrotting father, Aurora has already visited 14 countries.
It is our way of teaching her that beauty is meeting people from different cultures.
Flavio Bandiera
PRESS & CRAFT
Featured & trusted
Featured in Style Me Pretty, French Wedding Style, World’s Best, among others.
A Nikon photographer, because I trust those who have been crafting lenses and cameras for more than a hundred years.
Founder of ANFM in 2006 and President since 2022, Italy's first and largest association of wedding photographers.
