Arya Wicaksana
Founder · Photographer · Jakarta
"I don't chase the perfect frame. I wait for it. The bride who forgets we are there — that's when the story begins."
I grew up in a small village in Provence, where my grandfather developed film in a wine cellar and taught me that photography is really the art of waiting. That patience is still the whole method.
Auréa is a small, deliberate studio. I photograph a limited number of weddings each year so I can give each one the attention it deserves — from the first coffee to the final print, made by hand in Paris.
Fewer frames.
More feeling.
Never a pose we asked for.
A Twelve Year Frame
- 2012
Arya picks up a Leica M6 as an art student in Montmartre and never sets it down.
- 2014
First wedding — a rainy afternoon in Bordeaux. The bride keeps every frame.
- 2017
Editorial feature in Magnolia Rouge. First destination assignment in Kyoto.
- 2019
Auréa is founded as a two-person atelier in the 3rd arrondissement.
- 2022
Featured couple in Vogue Weddings. Retreats begin in Puglia and Marrakech.
- 2026
240+ weddings, 38 countries, and one philosophy — patience over performance.
- —Vogue Weddings · Featured Photographer
- —Junebug · Best of the Best
- —Magnolia Rouge · Editorial Feature
- —Fearless Photographers · 14 Awards
- —The Knot · Hall of Fame
