Mexican photographer Cecy Young, the first laureate of Belmond’s new photographic residency, spent two weeks at Castello di Casole, a restored tenth-century castle set within 3,200 acres of Tuscan countryside. Trained as a painter, she brings a poetic stillness and intimate emotional depth to her images, shaped by her fashion work with global houses and leading magazines. At the estate she followed instinct rather than script, responding to light, texture and fleeting moments. The resulting photographs evoke atmosphere rather than narrative, reflecting on memory, time and the fragile beauty of everyday life. Her intuitive and tender vision resonates with Belmond’s As Seen By series, inviting a personal and imaginative interpretation of place.
