La Vie En Rose

I used to dislike pink, in fact, hate might not be too strong a word in this case, or at least a healthy sense of disgust with the color. I started out my life as a young adult with the need to emphasize the masculine in me: to be strong in a way that is almost invulnerable, and a self-sufficient doer. There were good reasons for that. With the passage of time though, that survival strategy has become less of a necessity and more of a barrier to knowing myself.

“La vie en rose” is French for "life in pink." It essentially means seeing life through rose-colored glasses. Living with an attitude or outlook of positivity, trying to see beauty in the everyday; like you do when you first fall in Love. Pink in nature isn’t necessarily an everyday color. It’s beauty ranges in tones from soft to fiercely saturated.

As I age, I find I am embracing the French side of myself, this perspective on life, and this femininity of the color rose. As I have done the work to become more self-content, my resting state has become one of happiness and gratitude for this life. Life is not without its challenges, but the baseline is contentment. In that vein, I am pulled more and more to photographing during the pink minutes, that time around dawn and dusk when Venus’ soft rose-colored belt appears on the horizon, embracing the entirety of earth and overlaying a rose hue across the landscape,

This collection is a tribute to embracing a life in pink and that complete, soft, receiving, passionate, self that notices the beauty of the unfolding feminine in the everyday.

Fine Art Prints:

Printed on archival paper for long-lasting and beautiful color saturation.

8”x12” starting at $75

16”x24” starting at $200

20”x30” starting at $310

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