“You’re too pretty to be in a wheelchair.
When Hannah reached out to me about a session, I was over the moon to say the least. After hearing her story I realized quickly that there was a whole lot to this woman…way more than a wheelchair.
At our very first session we clicked right away. It was like we had been lifelong friends who were just hanging out in a hotel room. I saw a beauty in her that I knew I would be able to capture without a doubt. It RADIATED out of her photo after photograph. As I always say, Capture boudoir photography believes that everyone deserves to be seen, loved and heard and that certainly includes anyone who may see themselves as differently abled.
Her second shoot we decided to get a bit more racy and we not only did some tasteful nudes but we did some in the shower. This shoot was SO empowering because Hannah decided to take the words she’s heard all these years and write them on her body, only to wipe them off in that sexy shower. With a sharpie I took direction from her and wrote the phrases, “wheelchair bound,” “I’m not your inspiration,” “invalid,” “childlike,” and “too pretty to be in a wheelchair.” It’s as if she took these words and literally and figuartively washed them off of her when she went in the shower.
Her third shoot we wanted to elevate the overall feeling of beauty and empowerment. What has been so fun with Hannah is that each time we do a boudoir shoot we collectively find something new to celebrate. She told me this shoot was her favorite but to be fair, she said that at the other two shoots as well, lol.Hannah will forever be a Capture client to me. She has taught me so much and I am so grateful she trusted me enough to embark on a boudoir shoot that honored her tattoos, her strength, her gorgeous eyes, her smile, her infections laugh, her beautiful body and wonderful spirit.
In Hannah’s words
“For much of my life, I’ve felt like an outsider, known only for two things: one being wheelchair user and two, having a wheelchair accessible playground named fro me. As I grew older that changed somewhat as I completed my degree and began working as a social worker.
It wasn’t until I entreated a “tattooed babe,” campaign with Capture photography that this really changed for me. The campaign clients would have a boudoir photoshoot and once I started getting tattoos and realized how much I loved them as a means of expressing myself, I thoght ‘hey, this isn’t something I’ve done before but why not do it?’ Mary Beth is incredible! I took a look at those pictures and finally saw someone different from who I originally thought I was. Someone more than just a wheelchair user, a woman and a beautiful one at that.”
