I don’t usually photograph young ballerinas- all my other sessions have been with either pre-professionals or ballerinas dancing during their time in college. But when I received Lily’s email that she found my work on Pinterest, and ended with “I hope we can dance together!” along with a few photos of how absolutely gorgeous of […]

You know her. You’ve seen her before on my blog, or maybe you’ve caught her on my Instagram. Sophie was one of my first #abbygraceballerinas, and our first session was the one that really and truly made me feel like I’d found a thing I loved for me and me alone, and not because it […]

This gorgeous Parisian ballerina requires no introduction if you’ve seen our first and second shoots together. It’s always a “well, duh we’ll shoot!” if I’m in Europe, and Sophie never disappoints! She has the classic elegance of Coco Chanel, which I think is why I haven’t gotten tired of photographing her in black, yet. It’s […]

I was sitting in the airport in Vienna, Austria when I was finally able to look at my film scans from the lab. Aware that drawing attention to yourself as a foreigner isn’t the smartest move, it took a lot of self-control to keep from squealing and dancing as I clicked through each new image. […]