Story
wedding
Place
HYDRA
Couple
NATALIE & APOSTOLOS
CHURCH
AGIOS NIKOLAOS
ABOUT
A wedding in Hydra for Natalie and Apostolos, from Switzerland. Prewedding party at Hydroneta the night before, ceremony at Agios Nikolaos, reception at Castello, and a day-after through the streets of the island. Photography by arChive Visual Storytellers.
The wedding
Hydra is a small picturesque island in the Saronic Gulf, about two hours by ferry from Piraeus. The port town rises up a steep hillside like an amphitheatre, with 18th-century stone mansions built by seafaring families. There are no cars here. The narrow, cobblestone streets are only accessible on foot or by donkey, and Hydra has managed to keep this unique character better than most Greek islands.
Natalie and Apostolos spent two days on the island.
The night before the wedding, guests met at Hydroneta, a bar built into the rocks right by the water just outside the port. The prewedding party there captured what Hydra does best: a relaxed, seaside atmosphere with the island as a backdrop.
Natalie got ready at the Hydrea Hotel, while Apostolos prepared at Hydroussa. The ceremony took place at Agios Nikolaos, the domed church above the port that has been part of Hydra’s skyline for centuries. The reception followed at Castello, on the hillside above the town.
The next day, we wandered Hydra’s streets with them. There was no schedule and no set destination. The island moved at its own pace in the morning light, with stone buildings and the calm that settles in after a wedding.
Our approach
Related work
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PHOTOS
A wedding in Hydra for Natalie and Apostolos, photographed across two days on the island. Prewedding party at Hydroneta, ceremony at Agios Nikolaos, reception at Castello, and an afternoon day-after through the cobblestoned streets of the port town that ended with a sunset. As Hydra wedding photographers, we covered the full event from the evening before through to the day-after, working across every location we scouted and chose. arChive Visual Storytellers photographs and films destination weddings across the Greek islands and worldwide.
