Ostessa (Hostess) is drawn from the story of Sophia, the daughter of a revered Roman aristocrat and is anchored to a villa on a remote Sicilian island. The secluded and magnetic villa is a place Sophia has returned to over time, first as a child travelling with her family for summer vacanza and now as a host shaping her own rituals.

Dinner invitations are extended to old friends and new, and by nightfall, the table comes alive, basking in the glow of the open and generous essence of the villa.

Photographed by Lavina Cernau on Isola di Favignana, Italy.