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

Good friends are truly hard to come by.  I, somehow, am lucky enough to have at least a few in my life.

Last month I came home from a long and exhausting day.. ya know, the kind where you come home feeling a little self-defeated.  As I turned the corner and walked up to my apartment door, there on my front step was a beautiful care package of vibrant pink and purple flowers.  I picked up the arrangement and inside there was an envelope with a note that read,

“Suzy,

We are so thankful for all you have given us,

most of all, your friendship.

Love,

The Dodds.”

🙂

Seriously. Thank you dear friends for YOUR friendship, and for turning a half empty day into a half full one 🙂

(and PS thanks also to my friends for sending me these flowers from my favorite floral artist, Meg from Pistil & Vine!)

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above: one of my favorite details about Meg’s work is the signature green leaf she wraps around the flower stems in the vase. 

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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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