I am an artist from Long Beach, California. 

I am a passionate, creative, and sensitive human being with a deep love for culture, intimacy, and human connection. Through my craft, I explore all of these yummy things and create visual poetry that tells your story.

I specialize in portraits, intimate weddings, boudoir, and couple sessions. Capturing your raw passion, your authentic emotions, and your highest energy is the fuel to my fire.

I am big on connection, and some of the people I have photographed have become some of my best friends, others I have only met briefly, but we are always connected. I am grateful for the opportunity to experience them all; to be able to connect, listen and tell their story. I value experiences, time, and people the most… which means that our time together will forever be engraved in my soul.

I draw inspiration from all sorts of things, but essentially it's the story of the people that keeps me passionate. The people I meet. Their story. I get to meet people from all walks of life, get to know them, and then translate them into visual poetry. The nurse that works the graveyard in the emergency room, comes face to face with death daily, but lives with her sons and husband every day, The hardened mechanic who had a rough start in life, met the girl that softened him, and just welcomed his firstborn son, and now knows what fear is. It is the 30- something-year-old woman, who spent all of her life dreading everything about her body but now sees her beauty and embraces her divinity. 

Life is both complicated and beautiful; high and low. . . and I am here for the best story possible.


I am Nelly.