Saturday, March 21, 2015

The Perks of Being an Aunt

November 2013
On the road with my best friend
Chatting about medications, struggles, and motherhood

-Do you know anybody who is happy?- she asked
-My sister- I answered without hesitation

She was. She had a good job, a great partner, a simple view of life. She was not arrogant but was accomplished, she was not vain but was beautiful, she was not perfect but was perfectly happy with her life. She was also not a mother.


January 2015
Argentina (my homeland)
My sister was still accomplished, beautiful, and perfectly happy, and was about to give birth to a baby girl.

I was there. I had the good fortune to be the first non-parent family member to meet my niece when she came, very matter of fact, 2 weeks earlier and through natural birth. And I had the privilege of photographing her on her second week of life.

I present you, Nirvana. The little being that came to show my sister and her man a new perfection and a whole other way to live happily ever after.

(Versión en Español después de las fotos)





 

 
  




  





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Noviembre 2013
En la ruta con mi mejor amiga
Charla sobre medicaciones, luchas y ser madre

-¿Conocés a alguien que sea feliz?- me preguntó
-Mi hermana- le contesté sin dudar

Lo era. Tenía un buen trabajo, un gran compañero, una visión simple de la vida. No era arrogante pero tenía logros, no era vana pero era hermosa, no era perfecta pero estaba perfectamente feliz con su vida. Y además, no era madre.


Enero 2015
Argentina (mi patria)
Mi hermana aun tenía logros, era hermosa y perfectamente feliz, y estaba a punto de dar a luz a una hija.

Estuve ahí. Tuve la suerte de ser el primer miembro de la familia en conocer a mi sobrina cuando llegó, muy tranquilamente, 2 semanas antes y por parto natural. Y tuve el privilegio de fotografiarla en su segunda semana de vida.
Les presento a Nirvana. El pequeño ser que llegó para mostrarle a mi hermana y a su chico una nueva perfección y otra forma totalmente diferente de vivir felices para siempre.

Sunday, March 8, 2015

International Women's Day



"It is important that every American girl be called "princess" in order to prepare her for a life of slavery." - Werner Herzog

She married her sweetheart. They made adorable children together. They had the house in the suburbs, two cars, a dog, and a killer entertainment center. They seemed happy and I think they were. She felt safe. And she knew that there was more to life than being defined by it and those in it.

She is tough and it was time she remembered that. When her marriage ended, abruptly and unexpectedly, she had to wake up to the truth of who she was without him. The breakup broke her. Maybe in the beginning she told herself the fixing was for her girls. But then she realized she was doing it for her. In the recognition that she was heartbroken, empty-handed, and alone, she also found her strength and her voice.

She is now living the life she really wanted to live. Discovering fun and love and beauty in the most unexpected places, including her own heart. She recently turned 40 and she wanted to welcome this new her with a photo shoot. Messy hair, amazingly white teeth, inviting eyes. I present you, Malini. If you know her, you won’t believe your eyes. The internal liberation is complete and the beauty of her command shines through. Get out of her way.

Photo selection and captions by Malini

I am alive

 I am passionate

I am vulnerable

I am woman

I am powerful

I am longing

I am pensive

I am playful

I am dramatic

 I am thoughtful

 I am comfort
 
I am happy

 
 I am forty