Hi, I'm Agathe - photographer, mom of two wild-hearted girls, former corporate director, and recovering PowerPoint enthusiast. If you're here, you're probably wondering: how does someone go from conference calls and quarterly reviews to chasing toddlers through golden hours with a camera in hand?
Once upon a time (okay six months ago), I was deep in the world of strategy decks, trainings, and a calendar so color-coded it needed a legend. I could pivot-table with the best of them and survive on lukewarm coffee. But eventually, I hit a wall - or rather, a ceiling. The kind with no more room to grow and no open roles that sparked any excitement. It was like being dressed for a party that already ended.
So after some honest conversations, it was time for me to step into something new. At first, I panicked. I made banana bread (did not we all?). I interviewed. I worked as a consultant. I took walks with my camera. I travelled. I did all the soul-search things. And somewhere between kid pick-ups and coffees with other mamas, the epiphany happened: what about photography?
Photography was not new to me. My Papa - photography hobbyist like his Dad - gave me my first camera when I was may be 8 or 9. A point and shoot Olympus. I took it everywhere with me: summer vacation by the sea, Christmas celebrations at my Grandma, school trip to London with my bestie...We also spent quite a few hours transforming my brother's bedroom into a dark room. I still look at the photo albums my dad carefully curated for each one of his kids - with the date, location and a small description of the picture on its back.
Ever since, I've always been the one behind the lens - at birthdays, vacations, friends' weddings and all the little in between. But becoming a Maman made me realize something big: I had hundreds of photos of my daughters and their Papa, but barely any with them. Unless you count selfies where someone's mid-tantrum and someone else is photobombing. Only a few that felt real (basically the ones that my Dad takes when we see him once a year). The messy, beautiful, raw kind of real.
So I made a decision: what if I used this unexpected detour - this weird little life plot twist - to do what I actually love?
Fast forward to today: I photograph families, especially mothers, in all their messy, beautiful, snack-covered glory. My mission is simple - to capture the real stuff. The in-betweens. The laughter the cuddles, the chaos, the light.
The unposed. The untamed. The unforgettable.
I specialize in momenta that look like life - not staged perfection. The kind that will make you cry one day when your kids are taller than you and no longer call you "Mommy", but "Mooooom".
So if you're a Mom or a Dad who's never in the a frame, a family who wants to remember what this felt like or someone who appreciates a photographer who brings snacks and zero judgment - I'm your person.
Let's make magic out of mayhem.