wearable silks

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what does it mean to tell a story that threatens an empire? What does it mean to tell a story that heals? What does it mean to tell a story of love?

collages for the most inspirational Love story 🫣❤️&zwj;🔥 @theamandasachs + @jesse_sachs and lines

and i shall taste of you

#losangelesboudoircouplesphotos with one of my favorite couples. leah and and james are remarkable people, creators and when they are together the giggles are plenty and the sexy gazes across tables linger long enough to ma

what does it mean to tell a story that threatens an empire? What does it mean to tell a story that heals? what does it mean to tell a story of love?

snippets from one of my all time favorite books that brings me HOME to me, every time, all 608 pages

i’ll be in the bay area as september rolls into early october, with all my cameras in tow. my books are open for boudoir shoots. a boudoir shoot can look like a lot of things: it can be you, naked in your favorite place, it can be a sensual mat

i always cry about green when i go home

#washintonphotographer

kids and cake and mountains of butter.

happy feast day 🤎 @indigoifree + @flutelistener

#westbeachfarmorcasisland

did you understand what you were doing back then?
hand and mouth,
words like figs
words waited for words i wrote.

baskets of strawberries
paper or silk?
you shone the light in my eyes and i knew the bright on my tongue like too much salt could never

because dance is so profound it’s always such a strange thing for me to photograph… i don’t have much draw to the crisp lines of sports photography, but rather long for poetry to hold the weight of the movements. outstanding work t

dear god make me good, but not yet

website construction officially * underway * + edits from my most recent intimacy session 🥵
35mm

do people actually relate to an existence where they are not constantly in the cosmic slush of constant growth even when they are pulling at the roots to stay put?! im sorry i don’t relate.

oh, and i pee’d on my film again.

#joshuatree

and for a few months, the longing was enough. it fed me like the spoonfuls of honey had only a few months prior.

#35mm #romancesessions

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Sam Stenson is an Ojai based photographer specializing in nature based boudoir portraiture, poetic product photography, travel photography and capturing boutique interior spaces. As a destination photographer she is available for multi-day photoshoots to make images that embody the true essence of the memories you want to treasure forever. Her work is often referred to as ethereal and sensuous. California is home, but available for travel worldwide.