A quiet beach at low tide below wooded hills, two small figures far off on the sand, Japan

Photographs of place,
made in available light.

I photograph places the way a guest comes to know them: slowly, through the hours of a single day. First light on stone, the table at noon, the walk back after dark. I work with natural light and a small footprint, and I leave some things unsaid.

Japan, spring

From a month spent travelling Japan with one camera. Personal work, not commissioned.

Forested mountains above a temple roof and a stone torii, a kite in flight

A small wooden roadside shrine with paper offerings and pine

White sea foam on dark water, seen from above

Cherry blossom branches against a pale sky

Layered castle roofs with gilded ornaments against a blue sky

Marbled wagyu on a red lacquer tray at a teppan counter

Castle moat and garden in new green, seen from the walls

Spaces first, and people only as guests find them. Most of these were made in the hour before a place got busy.

A broken grey sky with a small opening of blue

After dark

Some of the best hours of a stay begin when the lights go down. I photograph the quiet of a place at night and, where the sky allows, the stars above it, in long exposures from a tripod.

The Milky Way rising over a sea of cloud and dark hills

The core of the Milky Way across a dark sky

City lights at night seen through a dark window frame

A canal at night reflecting warm street lamps

A day at your property

I plan a shoot around the sun and around your guests, not the other way round.

DawnArchitecture and landscape in first light, before anyone is up.
MorningThe rituals: the spa, the garden, breakfast as it is actually served.
MiddayRooms and suites, tidy and quiet, in natural light only.
DuskPools and terraces, and the walk to dinner.
NightThe table, the fire, and the sky above the property.

Natural light. No lighting crew unless the brief needs one.
Guests are photographed only with their consent, and staff only with yours.
Every frame is made on a camera. I use software to sort, organise and deliver, never to make pictures. Nothing is generated.

A residency

I come to stay and photograph the property through every hour of the day, from first light to after dark.

You receive

Finished stills of architecture, rooms, dining, wellness and landscape, the number set by the length of the stay
Vertical crops for your social channels
A night series of the property and its sky
Delivery within ten days of departure

Terms

A worldwide licence for your website, social channels, newsletters and press, with no end date. Advertising use by agreement.
The stay is hosted. A first short stay can be an exchange of nights for pictures; longer residencies carry a creative fee set by the brief.
I work alone or with one assistant, and keep out of guests' way.

Begin a conversation

Write with the property, a window of dates, and what you would like the pictures to do.

Book a residency

contact@marcawasi.com

Based in New York. Travelling worldwide.

Photographs of place,made in available light.