The Album Archive

A quieter, more tactile way to experience engagement photos. Printed, matted, and kept in a linen box designed to be lived with over time.

A closer look at a custom Artistrie wedding album. From vertical format to pacing and scale, this is where the story comes together in its most complete form.

A wedding album gathers the moments of a day and gives them a place to live. More than a collection of photographs, it becomes a piece of family history — something returned to over the years, page by page.

Ashley Biess of Artistrie Co. is a wedding photographer with more than 15 years of experience in the Chicago wedding industry. In an age dominated by digital imagery and social media feeds, it’s easy to forget the magic of holding a printed photograph in your hands. Yet, wedding albums and prints hold an irreplaceable power […]

After the wedding, the photographs find their place. Lauren and Nate revisit their album at home, where their story now lives in the everyday.

Ken and Cindy’s engagement album was designed to move with them, holding a piece of home no matter where life takes them.