SIMPLY BY SUZY

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chicago day-after birth photographer | welcoming your newborn

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

Although being in the hospital those first few days after having a baby can be totally crazy and you feel like absolute hell, there’s nothing like the magic of that first 48 hours. That time where your baby is so teeny tiny, the way they wriggle their arms and legs around, totally disoriented, like they’re coming out of a long slumber.. that time is truly SO fleeting. It’s gone in an instant. Which is what makes having a professional photoshoot of those first moments together when you first meet them so so special.

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mom and dad with newborn at the hospital

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

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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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