About the Artist
CREATING ART —
TELLING
STORIES
“Simply by Suzy is built on a simple belief: time is the ultimate currency. And it deserves to be honored."
what it's like to work with me
The people I work with have spent years building a life with intention. What often remains is the question of how that life is remembered. Not in fragments or files, but as something cohesive, meaningful, and enduring.
My work is about transforming time into art. About recognizing that the everyday, the extraordinary, and the in-between moments are not fleeting—they are the raw material of a family’s history. Sometimes the story is clear. Other times, part of the work is discovering it together.
With nearly two decades behind the camera - and a parallel career as a corporate storyteller and Head of Brand Humanity - I bring a practiced eye for narrative, restraint, and meaning. Each commission is approached as an act of preservation: creating physical, heirloom artwork meant to be lived with, protected, and passed down.
Because there is nothing more valuable than making art out of the life you’ve worked so hard to build.
“Every experience in front of Suzy's camera has left us with not only the most gorgeous and truly treasured [artwork] of our family. But also the loveliest escape to simply come as we are and just BE ourselves together in those moments. No expectations, no stress."
— Amanda, Google review
ABOUT
THE ARTIST
Hi, I’m Suzy. I'm a photographer, mother of three, and lifelong observer of all the ways love shows up in ordinary life.
For the past eighteen years, I’ve had the privilege of photographing thousands of families, each one teaching me something new about love, life, and connection. My work has also expanded beyond the family home, collaborating with brands like Monica & Andy and Medela to help them tell stories that honor the real, everyday experience of motherhood.
When I’m not behind the camera, you’ll probably find me in my garden with dirt under my nails and my kids running through the flowers I just planted. Over time, I’ve learned to see the garden (and motherhood) as a lesson in impermanence - the trampled plants and toys left in the garden bed - all evidence of my children's presence. Reminding me that beauty happens when we let go of control and relax into curiosity and noticing.
And whenever I need to reconnect to my Self, I drive. Out west. To the ocean. Whether I'm by myself, with my family or with a best friend, there’s just something so deeply healing about it that resets me. It always helps me remember that the most extraordinary moments are always the simplest ones.
That’s what photography is to me - a practice in noticing. In slowing down enough to see the extraordinary hiding inside the ordinary.
Because when we pay attention, like, really pay attention. That's where life reveals itself as art.
xo,Suzy
this is what i stand for
01
TIME is the ultimate ASSET
02
STEWARDSHIP over CONSUMPTION
03
DISCERNMENT is POWER
04
LEGACY is a RESPONSBILITY
05
ART SHAPES how we REMEMBER
06
PRESENCE is a PRIVILEGE
FROM the
HIGHLIGHT REEL
A moment with my grandma. Figuring out becoming a mom. My last ever road trip with my dad up the PCH. Growing my heart x2. Very unexpectedly growing my heart x3.
with my grandma
becoming a mom
last trip with my dad
growing my heart x2
growing my heart x3
The Simply by Suzy way
STYLE
My work is cinematic, natural, and deeply emotional - blending the beauty of film with the realness of life. I’m less interested in perfection and more in how it feels: the good, the hard, the small in-between moments that make your story worth telling.
APPROACH
I approach each commission as a collaboration built on trust and discernment. I take the time to understand who you are, what you value, and the story that deserves to be preserved. Whether that story is clearly defined, or still being discovered.
I guide where needed, step back where appropriate, and allow space for life to reveal itself. The result is work that feels like an honest record, shaped with intention.
CLIENTELE
The people I work with value time, taste, and longevity. They care deeply about their lives and the legacy they’re building - often across generations.
They aren’t looking for performance or perfection. They’re seeking work that reflects who they are, what they’ve built, and what they want remembered. Art created with care, meant to live on.
