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.

I’ve been photographing baby Weber since he was only 2 months old, and just recently I got to spend the afternoon (on his actual birthday!) picking out pumpkins, laughing and playing in a field.  I can’t believe how much of a little ham he’s turned into, although I shouldn’t be too surprised considering the moment I laid him down for photos at our first session together he gave me the biggest toothless smile ever.  Now his head is full of hair and his mouth is full of baby teefers and a whole year has passed us by…

… after our session was finished, Weber’s parents were kind enough to invite me over for a champagne toast to celebrate Weber’s first year of life (and despite being off the clock, did you really think I was going to leave my camera in the car??).

And I think every mom can relate to that first birthday moment when you place that mini-cake you had specially made in front of your baby and they stare at it for a few seconds, wondering “Wait a second, you want me to eat that thing?”  They poke, feel, and play with it until mom or dad takes a tiny bit of frosting with their own fingers and shows them how it’s done, or maybe even wipes a little bit on those little lips so they can realize the sweet, sugary goodness that lays before them.

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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