To photograph families, to photograph motherhood, is humane. It’s gentle. And it allows me to give to mothers the gift of contemplating the way they contemplate their children.
From my own story, I learned. And the way my children were born and the things I missed and can’t remember now influenced the way I portray motherhood today.
To be productive allows me to stop worrying. No, it doesn’t take away the fear, but as I told you in a different post, to avoid scrolling news these days is almost impossible. And it’s draining and stressful.
That’s why I decided to start blogging and taking pictures of our self-isolation.
I’m sharing with you 8 Instagram accounts for isolated parents. Because these days we need extra help. Nobody really knows how to deal with a Pandemic. But sharing ideas and tips will help us all.
Since my second pregnancy, I knew I wanted to photograph births. To document such an intimate, beautiful, and completely raw moment it’s been in my dreams for long.
And today, I can say that nothing about my work fills my heart more than to capture the magic of new life. To photograph births is a joy. Yes, it takes a lot of work and being on-call is not for everyone. But to me, it’s worth it.
Have you ever thought about the process it takes holding your memories?
The season of retrospective and balance has started. We look back through the months we are leaving behind and we ponder all the things we lived, how much we have grown and how much we have taught.
How many things have happened this year that won’t happen again? How many stories did we convey? How many memories have we built?
I’m lucky of having a job that lets me live of something I love and that I consider so important: documenting real stories, real moments, a candid childhood that my youngest clients will preserve and adore for the rest of their lives.
