Alila Mayakoba sits between the mangroves, lagoons and Caribbean coastline of Mexico’s Riviera Maya. I travelled there to photograph the property as it entered a new chapter, working alongside Persephone Social on the creative direction for the project. The resulting body of work extended well beyond the architecture. We photographed sunrise

From the moment I arrived at Sugar Beach, A Viceroy Resort, I knew this shoot would be unlike anything I’d done before. Set between the Pitons at Sugar Beach, Spice of Life is a 35,000-square-foot private residence where architecture, landscape and an extraordinary collection of contemporary art exist almost as