Hi, I'm Annie!
I'm the founder and photographer at Honest Moments Photography.
To me, the best photographs aren't perfectly posed but honest reflections of the ordinary moments that make up our lives. They're the belly laughs, the freshly-cut bangs on your 3-year old, the quiet hand squeezes between siblings, and the muddy shoes that basically suctioned to their feet and caused a borderline-fiasco on the car ride home.
My first camera was a Polaroid when I was seven years old. I was fascinated by the idea that an ordinary afternoon could become something I'd be holding onto forever.
Today, I photograph families, couples, small businesses, and community events throughout Philadelphia and beyond with the same goal I've always had: to create images that feel honest. The kind that bring you right back to how it felt to be there.
Northwest Philadelphia is where I call home and you can typically catch me practicing yoga, cuddling my cats, or exploring the city's restaurants and museums with my fiancé.
A Note on Place
The places I photograph are more than beautiful backdrops. They are living landscapes with histories that stretch far beyond my own.
Based in Northwest Philadelphia, I have the privilege of photographing on the ancestral homeland of the Lenape, the original stewards of Lenapehoking, which encompasses much of present-day eastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, and parts of New York. Long before Philadelphia existed, the Lenape cultivated deep relationships with these forests, creeks, and watersheds through generations of care, stewardship, and reciprocity. The Wissahickon, whose name comes from the Lenape word Wisameckhan, meaning "catfish stream," is one reminder that the places we love have stories that began long before us. Although the Lenape were displaced through colonization, violence, and forced removal, they remain a living people whose communities continue today.
Learning this history has shaped the way I approach photography. It reminds me that the places where our lives unfold are never simply settings. They shape our memories, our relationships, and our sense of belonging.
Whether we're splashing in the Wissahickon, celebrating in a backyard, or baking holiday cookies at home, I hope these moments remind us that every place we love is part of a larger story, and that belonging to a place also asks us to care for it.
As I continue learning about the history of this place, I hope to make photographs that honor the land as more than scenery, recognizing it as a living place with stories that extend far beyond my own. May I continue this work with humility, curiosity, gratitude, and respect.