MicheleSennesael

Name: MicheleSennesael
Address: Brussels, BE
Telephone: +18057086704

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The Art of Being Seen. Photographer · Coach · Speaker
Helping people see themselves — and be seen. Brussels · Available internationally Seen as You Are.

Hi, I’m Michèle — coach, mentor, and photographer. I help ambitious women and creative souls finally feel at home in themselves. My work is about visibility, self-worth, and living in truth. Through coaching, I guide women to reconnect with their inner voice, release the weight of “not enough,” and step into their full presence. Through photography, I capture their essence — not just how they look, but who they truly are. I believe simplicity is powerful. You don’t need to be someone else to belong. You are already worthy — just as you are. Worthy to be Seen.

26/10/2026

Afterwards, I called my mama.

Brooklyn, New York, 2017.

I had reached out to doulas, asking if I could photograph a birth.

One replied almost immediately. A baby was due in a week.

I called the mother. We had a warm conversation.

When I asked if she would like to meet me first, she said:

“I trust you.”

The first time I saw her, she was having contractions.

I had never photographed a birth before.

I watched.
I listened.
I tried to be there without getting in the way.

And her son came into the world.
At home in Brooklyn.

Afterwards, I was exhausted. So much had happened. So much I was still feeling.

The first thing I did was call my mama.

To thank her for bringing me into the world.

Now that she’s gone, I’m so grateful I made that call.

I’ve shared the story and photographs in my Journal — the next chapter of a journey that began with a stranger on the subway.

You can read it here. ♡
https://michelesennesael.squarespace.com/doula

22/10/2026

The last portrait I took of my mama with my camera.

It became the photograph on her remembrance card.

I look at it now and see that familiar face. Her smile. My mama. I miss her so much.

Since she died, I’ve been looking through her old photographs too. Her as a baby, as a teenager, as a young woman, long before I was born.

I love discovering her like this. I knew her as my mama, but there was a whole life before me. These photographs let me glimpse a little of it.

I’m so grateful someone took them. That they were printed and kept, and eventually found their way to me.

I’ve spent so much of my life photographing people. Now, as her daughter, I feel the value of those photographs in such a personal way. Being able to hold one, look at her face and spend a little time remembering.

It reminds me why I love what I do.

So, a little thought I wanted to share with you: print the photographs you love. And let yourself be in them too. You may not realise how precious they are to someone else.

I’m so lucky she was my mama. ♡

If you’d like to discover my portrait work:
https://www.michelesennesael.com

06/10/2026

I said goodbye to my mama a few days ago.

I miss her more than words can say.

And still, there is so much love.
So much gratitude.

For everything we shared.
For everything she gave me.

I feel so incredibly lucky she was my mama.

I carry her with me.
Always.

30/09/2026

Sometimes you have to leave the plan.

New York, 2016.

I was given an assignment:
Spend an evening with a complete stranger.
Ask if you can follow them home.
Photograph their evening.

I was terrified.

I made a plan.
I knew where I was going.

And then, on the subway, I saw her.
A woman with her young son.

Something in me said:
Talk to her.

So I did.

That encounter opened the door to a world I knew nothing about — and would eventually lead me somewhere I could never have planned.

A story about curiosity, trust, and what can happen when we pay attention.

Part of Journal — thoughts, photographs and stories from a life spent paying attention.

Read the full story: https://michelesennesael.squarespace.com/doula

24/09/2026

You show your work.

But do you show yourself?

It’s easy to stay behind what you do.

To let the work speak.
To remain just outside the frame.

But sometimes, the way we see ourselves
no longer reflects who we’ve become.

And perhaps we are
the last ones to notice.

Sometimes, it takes another pair of eyes.

Not to make you different.

To see what is already there.

So you can see yourself clearly.

And trust what you see.

So others can too.

21/09/2026

I found these again.

Photographs I made in 1993, when I started studying photography.

Before that, I had already been experimenting with my father’s camera. But this was when photography became a real part of my life.

We worked with contact sheets then. Our teachers marked the photographs to print, and I cut them out and mounted them on paper.

I still remember making these photographs.
The place. The people. Being there with my camera.

Seeing them again after 33 years made me smile.

Because I recognise myself in them.

The curiosity about people.
Their gestures.
Their surroundings.
The little moments in between.

So much has changed since then.

And apparently, some things haven’t.

I am still endlessly curious about people.

And perhaps that is what has kept me behind a camera all these years.

09/09/2026

There you are.

I picked up my first camera when I was seventeen.

Thirty-five years later, I am still interested in the same thing.

People.

I take my time. I listen. I look.

Until something changes and the camera is almost forgotten.

There you are.

Not a better version.
Not a different one.

You.

A photograph you recognise yourself in.

And the right people recognise you too.

The Art of Being Seen.

03/09/2026

Paris has a way of making me look.

Not necessarily at the obvious things.

A reflection in a window.
Flowers catching the light.
An old floor.
Someone disappearing through a doorway.
A glimpse of the city through stone.

I went without much of a plan.

And perhaps that was the best part.

Just walking.
Looking.
Letting Paris surprise me.

Some things are better when you don’t go looking for them.

23/08/2026

There is a life that looks good.

And there is a life that feels like yours.

I’m interested in the second.

In what happens
when we stop performing.

When we soften.
Trust.

When we allow ourselves
to love what we love.
Want what we want.
Feel what we feel.

I’m interested in what happens then.

What changes.
What stays.
What we suddenly begin to notice.

The small things.
The tender things.
The ones we almost miss.

Perhaps being seen
isn’t about becoming more visible.

Perhaps it begins
somewhere much quieter.

The Art of Being Seen.

17/08/2026

For a long time, I let life decide.

For more than twenty-five years, Dominique built an international career.

But this isn't really a story about her career.

It's about choosing your own direction, finding your voice and discovering the strength in softness.

I photographed and spoke with Dominique at her home for PEOPLE — Portraits & Conversations.

Read Dominique's story → https://www.michelesennesael.com/dominique

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