🌿 The Magic of an Old Tree Dying 🌿 There’s something deeply poetic about an ancient tree in its final days. The way its bark cracks, how its branches reach for the sky one last time, and the silent stories held in every ring of its trunk. Death in nature isn’t an end—it’s a transformation. The tree becomes a home for fungi, a feast for insects, and, eventually, the rich soil that nourishes new life. A cycle of renewal, quiet and powerful. Standing before a dying tree, you can feel it: the wisdom of time, the beauty of letting go, the quiet acceptance of change. 🌳✨ #NatureIsMagic #LifeCycles #WisdomOfTheForest #LettingGo #lasaintebaume #photographiethérapeutique

✨ It’s International Women’s Rights Day! ✨ 100 years of wisdom, love, and resilience—captured in black and white. A timeless portrait of a life well-lived. 🖤📷 … and 100 years of struggles, victories, and change. In a century, women have won the right to vote, the right to education, the right to work without a man’s permission, access to contraception and abortion, and so many other precious advances. But every generation knows that nothing is ever truly won forever. So today, once again, we celebrate how far we’ve come, and we keep marching for those who come after us. #8mars #JournéeDesDroitsDesFemmes #100AnsDeLuttes #Égalité #MémoireVivante #HandsOfTime #CenturyOfWisdom #BlackAndWhitePhotography”

✨ Why I Left Wedding Photography for Intimate Therapeutic Photography ✨ The last wedding I photographed was my best friend’s wedding in Cologne, a city that was home for so many years. It was a beautiful, emotional experience—I couldn’t avoid feeling nostalgic, letting a few tears slip as I go trough the photos of their love story. ❤️ That moment made me realize that while I cherish those memories, my heart now belongs to intimate therapeutic photography—where the focus is on self-exploration, empowerment, and activating positive change. 📸 Leaving my culture and family behind, adapting to new languages, and navigating new environments alone shaped my journey. Self-portraiture became a powerful tool for embracing my unapologetic self. Now, I help others do the same. Photography is more than an image—it’s a journey of self-acceptance and transformation. Are you ready to be seen? #PhotographyForChange #SelfPortraitPower #IntimatePhotography #TraumaInformedPhotography #EmbraceYourself #RawAndReal #UnapologeticSelf #EmpowermentThroughArt #TransformThroughPhotography #AuthenticityMatters #colognememories

🆘 Democracy is not a guarantee. It’s a fight. I grew up in a dictatorship. That kind of experience never really leaves you. It seeps into your bones, shapes the way you see the world, and teaches you lessons that no one should ever have to learn. Lessons about silence. About fear. About the weight of unspoken words and the careful dance of self-censorship. Trauma in that kind of environment isn’t always loud. It’s not just about the obvious horrors—the arrests, the disappearances, the public punishments. It’s also about the slow erosion of trust, the way people learn to shrink themselves, the way resistance turns into survival. You learn young that laws can change overnight, that your rights are only as strong as the people willing to defend them, and that freedom isn’t something you can take for granted. And I’m watching history repeat itself in so-called democracies—laws stripping away rights, leaders normalizing control, people thinking “this could never happen here.” 🚨 It CAN happen. It IS happening. 🗣️ We must speak up NOW. Every time a right is taken from one group, it’s a test to see how far they can go. Silence is complicity. Democracy doesn’t die in one big moment—it erodes, little by little, while people look away. ✊🏽 What can you do? 🔹 Stay informed—recognize the patterns before it’s too late. 🔹 Speak up—your voice matters, your silence is a weapon against you. 🔹 Support marginalized communities—what happens to them will happen to us all. 🔹 Protest, vote, resist—democracy is not self-sustaining. This is not fearmongering. This is lived experience. History is warning us. Will we listen? Photo: Elisabeth with the mask Project : Quinceañeras : not yet a woman​​​​​​​​ Cuba #DefendDemocracy #RightsUnderAttack #NoMoreSilence #HistoryRepeats #Resist #ActivismMatters #ProtectOurRights #humanrightsforall