Like many people, Lucy Laucht felt her life shift the first time she went to southern Italy. The photographer — originally from the UK but by then living in New York — had been to Milan once for work, but in 2016 she had what she calls her “first proper trip”: Capri and the Amalfi Coast.

“I so clearly remember that first experience,” she says. “Landing in Rome, grabbing a shot of espresso, getting the train to Naples.” From Naples, she hopped on a boat to Capri. Although she was there for work, she had scheduled two days on the island before the shoot started.