The question arrives with almost every enquiry, usually within the first exchange: what should I wear? The reassuring answer is that you do not need to bring anything at all. The studio travels with its own wardrobe: an archive built over years and carried between Milan and London for every commission. Understanding what is in it, and how it is used, is the best possible starting point. The atelier archive Over the years we have commissioned an archive of maternity gowns made

For most of the history of the image, pregnancy was something to be hidden. It appears almost nowhere in the grand tradition of portraiture: the salons and galleries of Europe are full of women rendered in silk and shadow, and almost none of them are visibly with child. Pregnancy was considered too private for art, and too far from an ideal of beauty that art was supposed to serve. A woman's changing body belonged behind closed doors. Then, in a single month, that changed. Th

The maternity portrait has a companion piece, and most mothers only realise it later: the portrait of the family that the bump became. This article is for the new mothers, the ones whose maternity session is already framed on the wall, and the ones who missed the window entirely and wonder if the moment has passed. It has not. It has simply changed shape. The portrait after the portrait A maternity portrait is a study of anticipation: one figure, one curve, a story that has n

Every maternity portrait is a photograph of a moment that will never repeat. Unlike a wedding, where the date is fixed and the planning follows, a maternity session must find its moment inside a window that nature sets, and that window is narrower than most expectant mothers realise. The portrait window: weeks 27 to 34 Most fine art maternity portraits are composed between the 27th and the 34th week of pregnancy. There is a simple aesthetic logic behind this range. Before wee

One of the questions I am asked most often by expectant mothers is: when is the best time to have a maternity photoshoot? There is a practical answer, of course. There is a stage when the shape of the pregnancy is usually beautifully visible while many women still feel comfortable enough to enjoy being photographed. But there is also a more personal answer. No two pregnancies feel the same. Your energy, your body, your calendar and the way you wish to remember this chapter ar

Most maternity photography follows a familiar script: a studio, a backdrop, an hour on the clock. A private commission follows a different one. This is what actually happens when a London client books a session: from the first conversation to the moment the finished artwork arrives. It begins with a conversation, not a booking A private commission does not start with a calendar link. It starts with a consultation by call, in which we talk about the portrait before anything el

Sono felice di annunciare la mia partecipazione all’evento CODEX – l’eco del wireless diventa pensiero digitale , che si terrà a Bologna il 2 febbraio 2026 presso l’Ex Chiesa di San Mattia, in occasione delle giornate di Arte Fiera e ART CITY Bologna . CODEX è un progetto culturale che propone un dialogo profondo tra gli sviluppi della comunicazione moderna e le sfide etiche dell’innovazione tecnologica, mettendo in relazione il patrimonio storico con le questioni estetiche

Nei giorni scorsi sono stata invitata a intervenire come relatrice a Palazzo Barberini , Roma, nelle Gallerie Nazionali di Arte Antica , all’interno del convegno promosso dal Ministero della Cultura – Cinecittà dal titolo “IA: l’algoritmo, censura del XXI secolo” . È stata un’esperienza intensa, anche emotiva, perché il tema non è solo “tecnologico”: è profondamente umano. E riguarda da vicino chiunque lavori con le immagini, con il corpo, con l’identità. In particolare, rig

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