Rebecca Stenn and I met just after September 11th.
We were both volunteering downtown; I was a young assistant photographer and she was a dancer, so luminously pregnant with her first son.
The rapport was immediate and easy, codified over daily chicken udon soup lunches. The casual idea to collaborate on one small, it'll-be-fun shoot was hers.
So much can come from so little.
In 2002, I first photographed Rebecca, then 8 months pregnant.
In 2003, I photographed Rebecca with Jonah, now 1 year old.
In 2006, I photographed Rebecca (8 months pregnant with her second child) with Jonah, now 4 years old.
In 2008, I photographed Rebecca with Elijah (now 1 year old) and Jonah (now 6 years old).
What the future holds for this series is as beautifully indistinct as with everything else in life. For the past eight years I've enjoyed the trust and friendship of this wonderful woman, always elated by the fruits of our partnership, glad for it's steady company through the phases of my life. And now it's time to bring this work to the larger world.
Always; from so little grows so much.
"A Love Song" (excerpt) by William Carlos Williams
Superbiate & Son, Inc.
George Del Barrio, photographer
t. 718/622.8133
f. 718/622.8134
We were both volunteering downtown; I was a young assistant photographer and she was a dancer, so luminously pregnant with her first son.
The rapport was immediate and easy, codified over daily chicken udon soup lunches. The casual idea to collaborate on one small, it'll-be-fun shoot was hers.
So much can come from so little.
In 2002, I first photographed Rebecca, then 8 months pregnant.
In 2003, I photographed Rebecca with Jonah, now 1 year old.
In 2006, I photographed Rebecca (8 months pregnant with her second child) with Jonah, now 4 years old.
In 2008, I photographed Rebecca with Elijah (now 1 year old) and Jonah (now 6 years old).
What the future holds for this series is as beautifully indistinct as with everything else in life. For the past eight years I've enjoyed the trust and friendship of this wonderful woman, always elated by the fruits of our partnership, glad for it's steady company through the phases of my life. And now it's time to bring this work to the larger world.
Always; from so little grows so much.
"A Love Song" (excerpt) by William Carlos Williams
Superbiate & Son, Inc.
George Del Barrio, photographer
t. 718/622.8133
f. 718/622.8134