A mother of four, photographer, nature lover. Someone trying to make sense of it all, through photos and stories.
I try to be free in all senses of the word, so I made the leap and now work with what I love doing; taking pictures, storing this life in moments, both for myself and for clients. My heart is in photographing birth and motherhood, but I take on just about any photography job.
(See my birth photos at www.birth.no and the rest of my work portfolio at www.mariavatne.no.)
I live on a farm in Norway with my man Nik and my children Ronja, Freja, Falk and Ulv, plus a bunch of animals. We grow our own food as far as the seasons allow it, we don't go to kindergarten, the three youngest ones will be homeschooled.
We govern our own lives, we strive for independence, we want to be in this life wild and free and full of love.
I didn't have any jobs this weekend, and that gives me a lovely peace to focus on my kids and bimbling about at home. Apart from a trip to the movies with the three oldest (we saw Vaivana), the weekend was spent at home. Wolfie has a cold and Ronja is on crutches because of a foot injury, so we had no ambitions but to be together. And that's exactly what we did!
