Wissal and Youssef met the way many great love stories begin in Paris, unexpectedly, on an ordinary Tuesday. A shared commute on the metro, a small conversation, a number exchanged at the last moment before the doors closed. What started as something simple became the most important relationship of their lives.

For their portrait session after their civil ceremony, we headed to the Pont de Bir-Hakeim, that iconic two-tiered iron bridge with its perfect arch over the Seine, just minutes from the Eiffel Tower.

Shot in black and white to honour the timeless, cinematic quality of their connection, these images feel like a scene from a French film. Wissal and Youssef, utterly abs