“Asha Veza” is the combining of the word in Hindi which means hope and the word in Bosnian which means connection. Ashaveza is also the name of a women’s clothing boutique where the clothes are designed and made by women designers and craft artists in India and Bosnia. The clothes are magnificent. This wonderful shop [...]
Saturday, October 16, 2010
As soon as I put up my work at the Textile Arts Center I realized the connection my work has with arts that have quality in their materials and beauty in their design. Whether my work is done in silver gelatin or the painterly methods of platinum or palladium, I work by hand. Platinum and [...]
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Tagged art, art exhibit, babies, beauty, Brooklyn, children, couples, family, maternity, New York, palladium prints, prints, Prospect Park, silver gelatin prints, swans, textile art center, textiles, wild
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Saturday, November 14, 2009
Dale Fournier’s Private Collection is known as the site for exquisite antique engagement rings and other fine jewelry. Dale, a trained jewelry expert, only represents the best. Her one of a kind pieces are unique treasures. She helps all her clients find the jewelry of their dreams. Most recently she found a silver frame made [...]
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Tagged bridal, bride, collection, diamonds, engagement rings, expert, frame, jeweler, jewelry, palladium, platinum, portrait, precious metals, private collection, silver, wedding, wedding rings
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For fashion that gives a pregnant woman the ability to feel and look beautiful, head straight to Bump Brooklyn at 464 Bergen St. off Flatbush Ave in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Bump offers fashions that will take you from early pregnancy through to post pregnancy. Some of their styles, those beautiful wrap sweaters and fun tops, [...]
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Tagged babies, boutique, Brooklyn, children, designer clothing, fashion, friendly, friends, maternity, Park Slope, post maternity, women entrepreneurs, women owners
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Just last week I picked up new wedding albums from the amazingly creative bookbinder who hand crafts these unique archival albums. I have worked with Brooke Merrill Tinney ever since I began photographing weddings and documenting my clients’ families. Her albums embrace my photographs and help tell the story of a wedding day, a pregnancy, [...]
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Tagged albums, archival, art, Brooklyn, children, document, documentary, family, glassine, growing, growth, hand crafted, maternity, New York, personal, photographs, photography, pregnancy, prints, screw post albums, unique, weddings, Woodstock
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Our city life can feel gritty at times. But we are here, so why not enjoy what it uniquely offers? In Dumbo, Brooklyn artists have made the walls and fences come alive with their paintings and thoughts. This is what one of my clients chose as the backdrop to celebrate her pregnancy with her husband. [...]
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Tagged , archival, black & white, Brooklyn, city, color, couple, Dumbo, excitement, expecting, fun, graffitti, maternity, parenting, silver gelatin print
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
Weddings have ceremonies and traditions. To me some of the best moments are the expression of warmth, joy and curiosity. These are from one recent wedding.
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Tagged affection, baby, children, Equinox Pond Pavillon, family, flowers, joy, Manchester, parents, sister, Vermont, warmth
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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Recently I photographed a bride in her wedding dress designed by Jenny Packham. I wanted these photographs to be about feeling, to be as evocative and sensual as the dress. Like one of the first women photographers, Julia Margaret Cameron, I intentionally softened the focus to evoke dreaminess. The silk tulle of this dress wafts [...]