Updated headshots for WestStar Prosperity Partners‘ re-brand. The goal was to get one straightforward image plus a second that showed more of the employee’s personality. Guess which one these are.
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WASHINGTONIANS - There are three library levy measures on the ballot in next Tuesday’s statewide election to benefit @snoislelibraries , @seattlepubliclibrary , and @spokanecountylibrary. All are labeled as Prop 1 on their ballots, all fund core library operations, all are to renew or restore funding, and all need a simple majority to pass.
Libraries do a lot more than lend books. They offer free access to internet, computers, and wifi. They teach people how to use email, write resumes, and apply for jobs. They build community. As a mom, I regularly attended storytime with my kid, and we go every three weeks to re-up on books to meet summer reading goals. Did you know that our libraries offer help with homework, online tutoring for students, and adult literacy classes? Tax prep assistance, meeting rooms to reserve. All of these are free to us regardless of income, background, or immigration status. When funding is cut, branches close, have shorter hours, and fewer staff. The library that raised you can’t do the same for your kids.
Vote YES on Prop 1, and make sure your ballot is postmarked or dropped off by 8pm next Tuesday, 8/4.
Meanwhile, enjoy some photos I made for @snoislelibraries !
A sample of faves from the years that I documented the incredible community at @ritual.house.
In honor of @bethorton `s ninth album, to be released this Friday, here`s a photo I made at the @showbox on 5/21/2003, when she touring on her fourth. She`ll be at @washingtonhall206 on 10/3/2026.
Portraits of the dynamos over at Interior Design Studio @charliehellstern including Chief Comfort Officer, Milo! On the site of one of their projects, Vitus’ Belltown HQ. Charlie teamed up with @madebyshore for a branding and website refresh last year. I first connected with Charlie in 2020 for portraits at Loom House on Bainbridge. My stylist @ryannbrady_hmu and I fell in love with her style, humor, and confidence, and it’s been a treat to continue to work together.
In honor of the last old_fire_house_teen_center concert tonight before they demo and build anew, here is a throwback photo of @_thecatch before a show in 2005, taken by my sister. L-R, @carlynicklaus, @iluvrightnow, @therevalissa, and me.
Promos for @thelindywest new book, Adult Braces, back before the braces came off. Buy it, read it, form your own opinions and have IRL discussion at @townhall_seattle TOMORROW or go see her in Austin on 4/22.
makeup by @ryannbrady_hmu
hair by @jennyslay
fotos por mi
Updated headshots for WestStar Prosperity Partners‘ re-brand. The goal was to get one straightforward image plus a second that showed more of the employee’s personality. Guess which one these are.
Oh, the first few days of a newborn at home. Exhaustion, constant breastfeeding, always needing extra hands to help, and the sweet smiles and laughter that keep you all going. All that + cats.
More family photos can be seen in Family portfolio gallery, or hop straight to booking info for newborn, pregnancy, and family lifestyle sessions.
Meredith Clark’s book, Lyrebird, is out tomorrow, 10/27, through Platypus Press. A story in fragments, Lyrebird is the documentation of a miscarriage, the chronicle of the dissolution of a relationship, and a memoir of the discovery that it is possible to approach a thing with all the care in the world and still break it. It’s a gorgeous piece of tender writing that I have held onto like the memory of a dream ever since she shared it with me earlier this year in advance of the author portrait session we did together. Here are a few selects.
See more portraits of various artists and people of interest in the Editorial gallery.
Nana Gyesie, PhD. His energy is both calming and invigorating – he can excite and engage you just as quickly as he can make you feel grounded and introspective.
Nana, which means “king” in his native country of Ghana – fitting given the crown-like shape of his hair and large stature, hired me to do a mix of studio headshots and environmental portraits for the website of his new leadership and life coaching business, Inner Mileage. We started in the studio with a Quickie session, then headed outdoors on a beautiful foggy Seattle day for some images that showed him connecting with nature and included negative space to allow for text to be added at a later date.
I’m honored to have contributed to Showing Pregnancy in the Workplace, a photography project from Working Assumptions that documents visibly pregnant people while working, to offset a lack of photographic representation of working pregnant people in popular culture. The project questions if the existence of these images could help us think more critically about our values and expectations. Around eight years ago I followed Halbe (above) in her role as Director of Advancement, Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering, at the University of Washington. It took some time for the project to be published, but it’s finally up!
From the Showing website:
“Pregnancy in the workplace is a familiar part of public life. About half of paid workers in the United States are women, and the majority of them will have a baby over the course of their work life. Pregnant women work in all areas: offices, legislatures, warehouses, hospitals, stores, fields, and anywhere else they can collect a paycheck.
And yet, pregnancy in the workplace is nearly invisible. After extensive research from 2009 to 2012, Working Assumptions uncovered only a handful of photos depicting pregnancy in the workplace. Staged stock photos and celebrity “baby bump” shots were plentiful. But real everyday images of pregnant women at work were few and far between.
Showing: Pregnancy in the Workplace is a project about this blind spot. What would happen if we put photographers in workplaces with visibly pregnant women? That question soon sparked others. Why is pregnancy in the workplace so rarely photographed? Is there something uncomfortable about the topic? And can these photographs help us think critically about our values and our expectations about productivity, power, vulnerability, and nurturing?
More women in the U.S. work, and more men spend time raising their children, than ever before. Things are changing. So why does pregnancy in the workplace still look surprising?”
You can browse the collection of images here. Bonus image below of me at 8 months, working through my own pregnancy back in 2017. I was sporting a pregnancy belt under that drop-crotch romper.
