Hi there! My name is Victòria
I never wanted to get married or have children.
Now I have five kids, and I spend my days photographing other people’s children.
When I dove headfirst into motherhood about 15 years ago, I had no idea what was in store. We all start the journey with a backpack full of ideas and dreams, but empty of experience. I never imagined that I would keep having babies, end up with a large family, and that the birth of my children would make me unable to put down the camera. I felt an urgent need to capture everything, turning that obsession into my career. Now, still a bit shyly, I dare to say that I am a photographer of newborn babies, children, and their families.
After all this time, if there is one thing that is clear to me is that the epic whirlwind of emotions surrounding motherhood must be captured in the most real and honest way possible: focusing on the little ones, but also honoring the adults as the cornerstone of the family puzzle. Including all the tears and laughing fits of pregnancy, the nuances and contradictions of postpartum, the blacks and whites of this wonderful journey. So you can look at the photos and see your family as they are.
Although I initially specialized as a newborn photographer in Barcelona, over time I have ended up photographing children of all ages and also focusing on mothers. Photography has taken me to a TV set and the back cover of a newspaper, and I have also been lucky enough to educate colleagues by giving . workshops on newborn photography. If you are curious, you can also read my interview on maternidades.es.
My mission is to love the small things and make them big.
And, to achieve this, I need to see you and for you to see me, just as I am. I am sleep deprived and drink a lot of green tea (matcha rules!). I’m addicted to cheese and hate being late, but I’m rarely on time. I studied translation and interpreting, I love words and I can’t stand spelling mistakes (but I do make a handful of my own). Catalan is my mother tongue, although I speak English and German, and I understand some French.
I truly believe that photographs are able to bond us together and help us heal, and that is why, together with my partner Mireia Navarro, we created Associació Dits Petits, photographing babies in the neonatal ICU. I really enjoy watching and soaking in all the details, stories and experiences of the people that I get to know through photography.
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Get in touch
E-mail:
[email protected]
Tel.: 637622983
Studio:
Carrer de Sicília, 253, 6è, 2n,
08025 Barcelona
(see how to get there on Google Maps)
Victòria Peñafiel Photography
Carrer de Sicília, 253, 6è, 2n,
08025 Barcelona
Want to book a session with me?
Tell me what resonates with you, what you would like to capture from your journey through motherhood. I’m not aiming at taking pictures that look like a “postcard” version of you – I want to portray you as you are