Families By Maria B Lung

I am a New York based modern fine art photographer.

I am a wife, dog mom, book hoarder, and aspiring world travel. I’m super proud to be a dual citizen with the US and Italy and holder of a Fine arts degree in Photography from SUNY Purchase.

I have always had a strong connection to nature, enjoying hikes and camping from a young age which was very different from anyone else in my family who grew up in NYC. Growing up so close to New York City has given me lots of excitement of exploring big cities. To make sense of all of this, there is noth­ing more exciting to me than creating art while capturing a love story. Hiking up a mountain in Hawaii, navigating Tokyo’s metros, or finding a secluded beach in Sicily, I’m down for whatever adventure you throw at me!

My Photographic Philosophy

Present, Connected & Real. 

Cosmos, episode 4: A sky full of ghosts, explores how light, time and gravity affect our perception of the universe. Ideas such as "looking at the moon is looking one second into the past", "horizons are illusions", and explains how photography is a form of time travel. I watched this episode about 6 years ago and it has forever altered how I photograph, view photographs, and became the basis of my philosophy. Imagine, a portrait is actually a human preserved by light, who is staring at us from across the centuries. Still blows my mind!

But that is exactly what photography does. It preserves the most precious and proudest moments of your life and allows you to pass them on for centuries to come.

Today, our world is filled with high tech technologies, that are incredible but can distract us from what is happening right in front of us. I want this session to be a time where you are fully present. To not worry about what is happening beyond where you are. I want to help you truly take in every second of this time in your life. My goal is for you and your must beloved people to be the most connected you have ever been. Over all, I always strive to capture the way your heart feels.

My wishes for you both are to truly enjoy this milestone to it’s fullest, so when you look at and hold the photographs we've captured, you travel through time and relive those memories over and over again.