CeCe - Urban Nostalgia [Greensboro, NC Photographer]

This shoot was timely. It’s funny how life can be so chaotic and you find yourself stuck in what feels like the fight or flight cyclone of making it to the next given task. The last couple months presented some challenges, and mentally, I felt really shut down and in survival mode. Creativity and photography are truly like gifts from Heaven, because it forces my brain to think differently. It causes me to step back and admire and appreciate beauty. It’s always felt as a lifeline; an IV of wonder and joy and awe. Spending the evening wandering around Greensboro’s parks, finding kitschy wall art in parking garages, and fangirling over the contrast of CeCe’s amazingly Black Widow-esque hair and retro green dress with the hues outside was like therapy.

CeCe is a beautiful soul; someone who has a generous heart for humanity, zeal (and immense talent) for performing arts, always kills it on the ballroom floor, and who I’m convinced is Scarlett Johansson’s younger doppelgänger with a Billie Eilish flair. We couldn’t have asked for a better evening. It rained just an hour prior and right after we wrapped, but had the glorious blend of golden hour haze diffused through the gloomy sky just in time for this session. If the timelessness and nostalgia of the mid 20th century married the eclectic and cutting edge style of the 21st century, this portrait collection would just that. My cup runneth over.

CeCe, may you continue to seek and find and create beauty wherever you go, and may it follow you. May this next season of your life be blessed! Enjoy this preview of some of my favorite images from our time.