Hi there dear families!
Hi, I’m Marisa Martins, photographer, mother and a family person,
Hi, I’m Marisa Martins, photographer, mother and a family person,very passionate about my daughter, of course photography, Asia, music, cinema and the most beautiful beach in the world, mine, Santa Cruz!
Family: This is the word that moves me, that has always moved me. People, couples, relationships, children, the families that are created, that expand, that grow right in front of my eyes... and, of course, all the love that passes through them, that they convey. The joy I capture is precisely the magnet that links my passion for photography with my passion for families.
How did I get here? Taking the most diverse paths that life has presented me with: from working as a fashion model, in my teenage years, to be a civil engineer and working in highway construction management until I was 32 years old, that’s when I become a mom and discovered that I could pursue my great passion for photography as a real job.
Over the course of the last 6 years, when I decided to work as full time professional photographer, I have found my voice and my confidence in myself as a family photographer while realizing just how much more I have to learn and brought me back to my essence, to people, to families. It was precisely here, in a family context, that I found my home, my personal and professional calling: family photography.
Today I have my feet firmly planted in the present, here and now, where I have the privilege to document the real dimension of families.
2019 was a great year, it was when I finally got the courage to submit my work to awards and immediately they start to happen. This got me to participate in the Inspiration Conference, to teaching family documentary photography to my fellow professional photographers, to take part of the presentation of the news EOSR system last summer, definitely one of my favorite moments since I started to work as a photographer.
I’m passionate about families and capturing the best days of their life, without filters and their way, I wouldn’t swap my Canon´s for anything in this world. I believe the creation of ordinary day life memories is the most valuable asset we can collect through life.
credits: I Heart You, Daniela Sousa Photography/ Rui Cabrita e Catarina Catalão
