Photographer Simone Maruccia went to a small village in the hills of central Italy to document this outdoor Catholic wedding. As the bride was led down the aisle by her father toward her groom who awaited her at the altar, Maruccia knew what was coming.

“I positioned myself in the right place to capture the moment while the father uncovered his daughter’s face and gave her to her future husband,” she says. “The moment was very emotionally touching, like seeing your bride for the first time.”

(Shot with a Sony a7R III and 35mm f/1.4 lens at f/2, 1/1000 sec. and ISO 125.)

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