hey there! My name is Rebecca. (she/her)

I’m a birth & documentary photo/filmmaker living in California.

I love fresh pressed coffee on foggy mornings (or after a long birth), believe that enchiladas are as close to food-heaven as I can get, and that everyone has a story to tell.

I started my career in the arts as an outspoken teen, taking college courses in oils and color theory, all the while insisting I wanted absolutely nothing to do with a career in art. However, I found myself stumbling backwards into photography and videography (which I also wanted nothing to do with) as a way of expressing the visual poetry I saw in the sea of humanity around me.

I’ve been documenting families for years and years and years now and I have come to believe that when we embrace the messy, the day-to-day grit of living, we see how our love truly shines, even in the darkest of times.

I am also a mother and a doula.

When I was little, shaped by the Colorado mountains I ran free in, I dreamed of being able to craft tales about the way I saw the world around me; of illustrating lives, and etching words into stone.

Today, my life is sculpted by this dream, made full by both the mother and the photographer in me.

I now live in Los Angeles with my merry brood of 3 teen-ish boys, 5 wily pets and a spectacular partner.

I love that my life work encompasses exploring the vast mountains of the human heart.

I believe that families are born in a million different ways:

I stand firmly with my LBGTQ+ family and friends AND #blacklivesmatter movement. I donate a portion of all sales to social justice organizations local to Los Angeles and Southern California. Ask me about this and I’d be happy to share more!

Let’s begin a conversation.

TELL ME WHAT’S IN YOUR HEART. LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I SEE.

Let's Connect

TO ME, THE HUMAN CONNECTION RESTS AT THE VERY CENTER OF MY WORK.
And getting to know YOU and your FAMILY is integral to my process.

Visit My FAMILY Portfolio

“How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives.
What we do with this hour, and that one, is what we are doing.”
–Annie Dillard

ACCOLADES & AWARDS

2018

First Place Labor Category in the IAPBP Contest
commercial work with Hyland's Inc.
Cover Image for Midwifery Today magazine
First Place Members' Choice Labor Category
Presenter at Click Away 2018 on Amelia Island
Published in the VOICE COLLECTION at Click Away
First Place Labor Category in the Birth Becomes Her Birth Birth Photography Contest
Finalist and Honorable Mention Documentary Family Awards in the Birth Category
Judge's Choice in Documentary Family Awards
Published in Cosmopolitan, Huffington Post, Say Yes, Buzzfeed, Bored Panda, Art Net, Art Fido, Mommyish
SAY YES "Would You Hire A Birth Photographer?"

2017

Top Honors in the IAPBP contest Honorable Mention
Cover Image for The Long Way Home Vol VIII
Commercial Video Work for WORDS WITH FRIENDS app
Presenter and teacher at The Family Narrative in NOLA
VOICE COLLECTION self-portrait 2017
Featured in Looks Like Film and Tribe Archipelago
Teacher/Mentor at Illuminate Classes
Published in Vogue, Journey to Artist, HuffPost, Buzzfeed, Cosmopolitan, Bored Panda, SELF, RedBook, Mothering, Healthy Mummy
Collaboration with GroundSwell