Stuart Cantor’s latest photography series, Portofino Paradiso, captures the old-world glamour of Italy’s chicest seaside retreat as well as its beaches, hotels and neighbouring towns. His sun-dappled images of candy-striped sands, azure pools and colourfully painted houses evoke the charm of the Italian Riviera, which has counted Elizabeth Taylor, Ava Gardner and Humphrey Bogart among its fans.

You can imagine them here within these scenes, bronzing themselves under a strawberry-and-cream parasol or beckoning a waiter at the Belmond Hotel Splendido. Cantor’s series covers villages including Portofino and Monterosso, all within two hours of the Cinque Terre coast is available to buy in large-format prints at stuartcantorphotography.com.