SIMPLY BY SUZY

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

You know those times that the universe brings you exactly what you need when you need it, but not necessarily in the shiny, pretty, convenient package you had hoped it would arrive in? Yeah, totally my morning right now. Being a night owl these days, I am always telling myself that I wish I somehow could find the motivation to wake up earlier in the morning and be more productive with the quiet that comes only before the sun rises. Well, I got exactly what I asked for when our new neighbors moved in recently because their dog routinely barks at 6 in the morning, presumably after they leave for work, and does.not.stop. Which means I unhappily and grumblingly drudged myself out of bed today, only to find that once I washed my face and got the dream seals off my eyes that it actually felt kind of, no, really good to be up so early. I have some french press going right now, and already am half way through my new emails and oodles of work. Huh, ain’t that sumpthin’… 🙂

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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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