The Botswana trip in 2021 changed things. I'd always had a camera in my hands: our pets, vacations, whatever caught my eye, but standing in the bush with an elephant twenty metres away, something clicked, in more ways than one.
Since then, my husband and I have returned to Botswana twice and travelled through Namibia and South Africa, where I spend most of my time behind the lens. What keeps drawing me back is hard to put into words: the scars of old battles on an animal's face, the emotion in their eyes, the waterdrops still sitting on their whiskers. To witness that, and to bring a small piece of it home, that's what photography means to me.
Back home, I've found that same pull in quieter moments. Friends began asking me to photograph their pets, their pregnancies, and their newborns. I've come to love this work for the same reason: nothing stays still forever. A baby is small for about five minutes. A dog's puppyhood disappears overnight. A pregnancy is nine months of a woman becoming someone new. I want to catch those things before they change.
Whether you're looking for a fine art print of the African bush for your living room, or someone to document a chapter of your own story, I'd love to meet you.
Alexandra