Livia De Pauli Fine Art Photographer
Portfolio

A collection
of moments

Maternity, pregnancy, family and newborn, in natural light and black and white, between Toulon, Hyères and the Giens peninsula.

01 Expectant mother leaning against a pine in the forest, round belly backlit, fine-art maternity session
The forest of light, full of grace An image of sumptuous contrasts that reveal the beauty of a Breton woman, settled at the heart of nature and lit from within by the presence of a new being. Her belly, round and powerful, seems to become one with the ancestral strength of the pine that surrounds her.
02 Mother breastfeeding her baby in sunlight, black and white tenderness
The tenderness of a passing moment The tenderness of two beings bathed in sunlight, joined in a silent communion by mother’s milk. A moment of grace in which the mother nourishes, cherishes and watches over, in the gentleness of a deeply intimate bond.
03 Mother and daughter by the sea, hair intertwined against the horizon, black and white
The union A childhood cradled by a mother’s love. In this suspended moment, the mother’s and daughter’s hair meet and seem to form a single presence, drawn against the line of the sea.
04 Expectant mother at the window of a family home overlooking the bay of Toulon, pregnancy
An adventurer’s smile At the top of a house steeped in memory, a radiant mother ventures to the edge of the window to gaze upon her belly and the beauty of the bay of Toulon. Between the house of her ancestors and the child to come, time seems to stand still.
05 Mother and newborn reflected together, intimacy of the postpartum, black and white
The reflection Reflections, our reflections… Us, now, body to body in the poetry of a postpartum made of challenges, discoveries and learning. The reflection of a moment already gone, yet forever inscribed in memory, one that will leave behind precious keepsakes.
06 Mother and daughter hand in hand in a field of grasses at sunset, family session
Lagurus ovatus This Latin name belongs to these two annual grasses, delicate and full of beauty, holding the foreground of an image steeped in poetry and love.The intertwined hands of mother and daughter move gently through a golden field of small dried grasses, toward the light of a sunset filtering through the trees. A simple, precious walk, as if to inscribe this moment into eternity.
07 Close-up of a pregnant belly and the linea nigra under the Mediterranean sun
La linea nigra The most radiant roundness of life: a mother’s belly.It is within this circular architecture that life takes shape. Under the Mediterranean sun, the linea nigra appears like a line of passage between the generations, while the navel recalls the one who was once joined to the previous generation by the umbilical cord.
08 Baby nursing while gazing at his mother, breastfeeding, intimate moment in black and white
The sound of mother’s milk The musicality of a sound that fills the body and accompanies the rush of oxytocin: the silent chords between the baby’s suckling and his loving gaze. An intimate, almost musical language that only mother and child seem to know.
09 Family by the sea, two sisters and their mother turned toward the newborn
La Paloma The tender gazes of the sisters and the mother turn toward Paloma, the one who already carries a memory in her free-flowing gestures, a light in her eyes and the grace of this moment of peace.Between sky, earth and sea, the bonds take shape and answer one another, like a family constellation.
10 Close-up of a pregnant belly, curve and navel, circular black and white aesthetic
Gentle circular fragility The circle is the first architecture of the living.Before the lines, there is the belly. Before the words, there is the navel.Life is circular: it turns, it transmits, it gives birth. In this fragile, powerful roundness lies the origin of all things.
11 Portrait of a newborn with a deep gaze in his mother’s arms, black and white
A sculpture of the gaze Within a warm, comforting and contemporary maternal silhouette, the baby fixes the world with a gaze of astonishing depth. His face, almost sculptural, already seems to reveal a presence, a personality and a singular beauty.
12 Two close sisters in soft, angelic light, fine-art portrait
Sisters The closeness of kindred souls, haloed in an almost divine and angelic light, comes to elevate their bond and lend the image a timeless gentleness.
13 Bridal veil in a sacred place, a suspended wedding moment in black and white
Blessed veil In this sacred place, the bride’s veil wraps time like a blessing. It becomes the threshold of a passage toward a lifelong love, a suspended moment in which two souls choose to walk together through time.
14 Three generations gathered at a birth: mother, son and grandmother, black and white
Transmission The maternal generational bond that runs through us at the moment of a birth carries an almost unspeakable power.Mother, son, grandmother: three generations gathered in a single instant, where love is passed on, recognised and carried onward.
15 Expectant mother lying at the foot of a great pine, fourth pregnancy, nature session
Enora’s peace In the majestic presence of the pine, rest becomes an encounter with nature, full of poetry and love. A fourth pregnancy, carried with gentleness and grace, like a new blessing come to widen a family’s story.
16 Profile of a baby sculpted by light under his mother’s gaze, black and white
Perfeita A profile drawn by light and revealed by his mother’s gaze. The interplay of shadow and brightness brings forth a singular beauty, intimate and deeply personal.
17 Baby nourished in his mother’s arms, the tenderness of breastfeeding in black and white
The delight of being nourished The delight of being nourished within a maternal presence full of tenderness, where the body finds refuge and love is passed on in the silence of a shared moment.
18 Expectant mother contemplating her belly in a light-filled family home
The memory of the belly Awaiting the arrival of her daughter, she gazes upon her round, grace-filled belly, bathed in the light of a family home laden with history and love.Between the memory of those who came before her and the life growing within her, a new story is about to begin.
19 Veiled expectant mother contemplating her belly by the sea, sacred pregnancy in black and white
Sublime connection An image imbued with divine blessing. The veil, like an evocation of Mary, wraps this mother in a sacred aura.It becomes the symbol of faith, of devotion and of that absolute maternal love, carried like a silent prayer for the child to come.
20 Luminous portrait of a young woman with a deep gaze, timeless beauty in black and white
Iconique beleza The radiant beauty of a youth at once fragile and powerful, revealed in the depth of her gaze. A luminous presence, suspended between innocence and strength, that lends this image an almost timeless beauty.

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