Presence in the imperfections.
Joy in the mundane.
Rachel Larsen Weaver is a long form film photographer who travels throughout the US and Canada making pictures with people in the places they call home.
I owe so much to the mothers.
It is mothers who (by and large) invite me into their homes to see their work– their work that is so often taken for granted–ignored–trivialized– reduced– undervalued–forgotten.
They show me how they make beds and meals and memories. I watch as they hold space and secrets and hands, as they whisper prayers in ears, as they smooth hairs, as they nod their heads while listening to long winded and plotless stories.
They let me make the pictures. They let me show them the beauty in the labor of their love. And they let me share that work so that other mother’s can see it too.
Here for a Long Form Session?
The Long Form Session fee includes travel anywhere in the US.
Discounts available for sessions in the Mid-Atlantic region (Maryland, Virginia, DC, North Carolina, Delaware)
“Rachel’s pictures illuminate the essential good and beautiful in her subjects, their surroundings, and the moment. Being with her feels like a long-lost friend and so there is no performance or presentational element; just purity of being together with loved ones suspended for an eternity through her gaze.”
- ADRIENNE
“Rachel captured something so true about our little family and life together. Honestly, if I could only pass one photograph of our family down to future generations, she just took it- but I still can't pick which one!”
- AIMEE
A Southern Maryland based newborn, maternity and family photographer serving Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, DC in addition to travel sessions.