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.

Even when I’m not shooting for clients, I’m often asking friends, past clients or family if I can come back and photograph them just for fun.  I pretty much do work for clients so that I can make enough money to create more artwork in my own time (Vasili says I’m addicted to my work, but I like to call it passion).

So for those who follow my blog might remember my shoot to capture Colton at 12 months.. well, I loved the outfits that mom dressed these two up in so much that I asked if I could return and do some portraits of the kids in them on another day.  Sometimes it’s really difficult for my brain to juggle a portrait mindset and a photojournalistic mindset at sessions (though this is always my goal), so I’m always simultaneously practicing both.  Since I really wanted to just focus on the kids’ beautiful clothing I thought portraits would be the right theme for that morning’s project. I also thought it would be a great opportunity to try out a film that I haven’t used in a long time (fuji 400H).

Anyway, here are some of my favorites of Colton & Rylee from that day.  Thanks Candice for offering up the kids as my models, enjoy! XO

(outfits from GAP kids, which by the way if you are planning a photo session with me any time soon and not sure what to dress your little one in, PLEASE check out their stuff right now 🙂 So adorable!) 

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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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