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Lighting Love & Tragedy: How “Love Story” DP Pepe Avila del Pino Crafted a Luminous ’90s Romance

As Emmy voting begins, “Love Story” is back in focus. Cinematographer Pepe Avila del Pino reveals how candlelight, vintage lenses, and a dreamy ’90s palette brought JFK Jr. and Carolyn Bessette’s romance— and its haunting end— vividly to life.

By Su Fang Tham  |  June 9, 2026