Boudoir isn’t vain, it’s a ceremony

When sharing that I work as a fine-art boudoir photographer, I often get asked, “isn’t boudoir a little vain?”

we live in a world that teaches us, especially women, that wanting to feel beautiful is shallow. That looking at yourself with tenderness is indulgent. That taking up space in your own skin is somehow too much.

so when I say I photograph women in nothing but their breath and their courage, people assume it is about vanity.

but it has never been about that.

It is about the woman who has not recognized herself in the mirror in years.

It is about the mother who has given her body to everyone else and forgotten it was ever hers.

It is about the woman who learned early on to shrink, to soften her voice, to hide her hunger, to apologize for existing.

It is about the girl who was told she was “too much” and the woman who learned to become “not enough.”

Somewhere along the way, most of us learned to look at our bodies like projects. Problems to fix. Things to discipline. Things to hide.

we stopped touching and seeing ourselves with kindness.

stopped believing we were worthy of being witnessed.

so no, this is not about vanity.

it is about remembering…

We are but a small speck in an infinite universe.

it’s a life worth living, for you and nobody else.

take the photos that will forever remind you of who you truly are beyond the labels that have been placed on you.

HONOR

YOUR

LIGHT.