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Hi, I'm Suzy, a photographer, mentor and mom of 3. I'm so glad you're here.

One time someone said they didn’t wish to book me because I obviously only shoot inside..

And much to my disappointment, I couldn’t really argue. There’s just really not that many days in the year that Chicago grants me weather where I feel comfortable taking an expecting mom or a young child outside for a family photography session. Thankfully I do get those nice days every now and again along with a super sweet and flexible, patient family willing to schedule and reschedule a few times in hopes of catching that elusive beautiful weather. Our perseverance paid off and we were able to spend a sunny (albeit windy) day in the park together.

Oh and also a big THANK YOU to my friend Candice (who has styled her own family impeccably at our photography shoots for the last few years) for helping this family style their outfits for the shoot. 

xo

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For nearly two decades, I’ve worked with individuals and families who understand the value of time. And the importance of preserving it well.

My work centers on creating living archives: carefully composed records of a life as it’s being lived. Not performances. Not surface moments. But the relationships, environments, and details that define a legacy.

I approach each commission with the eye of an artist and the discipline of a documentarian. Listening closely. Observing deeply. Shaping work that is meant to endure. Crafted on film, finished as heirloom objects, and designed to be held in your hands, lived with in the home, and passed down in your private family vault. 

This is not photography for the present moment.

It is art made in service of memory, history, and the generations that follow.

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