19th August 2020 โ Itโs world photography day and I thought what a better day for sharing a little bit about my journey into motherhood photography.
I specialise in maternity and newborn photography so motherhood photography embraces them all.
I always loved taking and looking at photographs. When I was little my dad enjoyed photography, he had quite a good camera and he also took slide films. Then it was an experience sitting down and projecting the photos on a big screen. A lot of the very old photos are actually still in slides and then we have lots of shoeboxes with prints and albums.
Thatโs the part I like when I go to visit my parents in Italy: I like going through some old memories.
I fast forward a bit otherwise I get boring . . .
In 2005 I went to ๐ธ๐๐ฃ๐๐๐, Malawi to be precise, one of the poorest countries in the world and lived a few weeks in a mission. โ
That was an ๐๐ฎ๐-๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ฃ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐๐ญ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ and I documented that journey through a diary and photography. I was excited to wake up early every morning and meet people, playing with children and helping somehow. I was going to bed with a sense of fulfilment and satisfaction, yet some sadness was always in my soul as I couldnโt help but think about those poor children.
๏ผฐ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ๏ฝ had the ability to capture the place and the experience I was living and that moment in life. โ
For this reason, itโs said that ๐ ๐ฅ๐๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ ๐๐จ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐ฉ๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ช๐จ๐๐ฃ๐ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ง๐๐จ.
Photographs can convey a feeling faster, and sometimes even more effectively than words can. A photograph can make the viewer see the world the way the photographer sees it. โ
The ๐ธ๐ฝ๐พ๐๐น๐๐๐ were getting crazy for the photos. โ
They would ask me to take photos of them and they used to laugh so loud when I showed them the back of the camera. The children were surprised of course of seeing themselves, it was something new for them but then they commented and looked at each other and laughed again. They were definitely seeing their friends with different eyes. It was really a blast for all of us!
I loved capturing that happiness in children, โ
It made me happy too.โ
And then I was drawn to the ๐ถ๐ธ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ป๐ผ.
African mothers are very hard workers and they are always carrying their baby with them with a smile on their face. They used to love looking at their photos as well.
I was 24 at the time and I fell in love with แฐOTแผEแแผOOแช photography not knowing yet that some years later that would become my job. โ My dream job!
And this job makes me happy! ๐
These photos are quite old and they were taken with my compact digital camera, so the quality unfortunately is not the best. But to me they are still quite precious as they remind me of the great experience I had and the mark the beginning of my photography journey.
If you want to see my recent work head to my website or my Instagram page.
