Beauty is a State of Being
“Beauty isn’t just about a nice loveliness. Beauty is about a more rounded, substantial becoming. Beauty is about an emerging fullness, a greater sense of grace and elegance, and a deeper sense of homecoming for the enriched memory of your unfolding life. ”
— John O’Donohue
“Thank the heavens for photographers like Natalia who dedicate themselves fully to the human experience. I’m so very happy with my photos; I've never felt more beautiful or SEEN in pictures before.”
-Victoria Lawton-Diez
Portraits as a Practice of Presence.
Images as Anchors to Belonging, Courage, and Joy.
Embodied. Elegant. Elemental.
Welcome!
It is my great honor and joy to meet you as you are, within this singular moment in time. Perfectly imperfect. In process. Ever evolving. However it unfolds, where ever it may take you, it is worthy, this life of yours. Worthy of honor. Worthy of documentation. Worthy of wholehearted celebration. This is the journey. The beauty of becoming. The beauty of now.
Celebrate Your Journey Through Time...
Celebrate Your Journey Through Time...
The beauty of becoming is the beauty of now.
“We gifted our daughter a session with the incredible Natalia Newman. I knew from seeing her work that the experience would be wonderful, but it was also so deeply heart-centered, connecting, touching. Natalia was so generous with her time and we included family pictures and some mother daughter pics. And they were more than pictures. They were sacred moments. Moments of blessing each other. Moments of seeing and being seen and being with each other in an embodied way, which she skillfully facilitates. My children glowed as we shared our love for them and Natalia captured these moments deftly; sweet, shy, proud, grateful, tearful and of course, full of laughs. It is such a treasure to have photos that capture the love and intentionality we aim to hold as a family. And such an invaluable treasure to have our daughter so honored as she enters young womanhood. Natalia is a gift and she shares her gift with deep humility and grace. We are immensely grateful for the sacred day we spent with her!”
-Sylvia Poareo
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“What started as a professional shoot evolved into an amazing, empowering, beautiful weekend that helped me remember who I am, after a year that turned my world upside down. The whole experience was so uplifting, and Natalia was a phenomenal co-conspirator - one of those people you meet and instantly feel like you've known them forever. We spent two days chasing the clouds, playing in parks, and crashing fancy hotel lobbies to get a gallery of photos that are not only beautiful, but somehow manage to capture facets of myself I didn't even know existed.
The whole experience ended up being so much more than I could have hoped for...”
-Michelle Dawn
“The most lovely of humans and an absolute magician with the camera. I feel so blessed to have crossed paths with her, having her capture our most treasured memories. We have done three sessions with her, and each one is more magical than the last. 110% recommend.”
-Kaitrin Arnot
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“Natalia Newman’s highly developed skills and sensibilities take photography beyond simple portraiture and into visual documentation of ongoing personal evolution. Significantly, her photographic sessions do not start with a camera, but with a long, and at times intimate conversation, and an examination of family and personal snapshots going back, in my case, well over 70 years. I am at a juncture in life where the limiting effects of time on mind and body signal passage into true old age. I wanted to see what remained of who I’d been as well as who I was becoming, and Natalia’s photographs revealed a spirit not yet ready to give up. She captured the spark that has animated me since childhood, which gives me hope for new possibilities as time moves forward in its inexorable way. It was a joy to work with her.”
-Tom Fink
You Are Worthy Of Documentation.
Based in
Ashland, Oregon
Serving Southern Oregon and Northern California. The Rogue Valley. Medford, Oregon. Grants Pass, Oregon. Yreka, California. Fort Jones, California. Jacksonville, Oregon. Brookings, Oregon. Regular destinations: Silver City, New Mexico. Kauai, Hawaii. Reach out to stay in the loop.