Dana Marie Art

05/27/2026

There’s something about Paris that slows you down if you let it.

Not the Eiffel Tower or the Louvre. It’s the other things like an old worn door. The way the light hits a café window at the wrong time of day. The details most people walk past without stopping.

I took hundreds of photos on this trip. The ones I keep coming back to are the quiet ones. The ones with a story attached, not just an image.

That’s been on my mind a lot lately. The difference between a photo and a story. And what happens to the stories when we don’t write them down.

I’ve been thinking about this a lot and working on something around it. But first, what’s a photo you have that has a story only you know?

05/15/2026

Mother’s Day weekend done right. Brigade Girls 5/6 got the W and now are headed to playoffs. Run it back!

05/06/2026

I’ve been quiet on here for a few years. Life got full in the best and hardest ways, and this space just waited.

But I’ve been making things the whole time. Shooting with my phone on trips to new places like London and Paris. Showing up every lacrosse season to photograph my daughter’s rec league because those girls deserve to see themselves the way I see them. Writing. Thinking about what it means to preserve the things that matter before they quietly slip away.

That last part has become the whole point.

So this account is waking back up. You’ll see the work I’ve always loved, senior portraits and families. You’ll also see the other stuff: travel, lacrosse moments, and pieces of something bigger I’m building around storytelling and memory-keeping.

If that sounds like your kind of thing, stick around.

10/31/2021

Sneak peek!

11/21/2020

10/15/2020

Perfectly precious newborn 🌸
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Dana Marie

07/13/2020

If you’re not already, come follow me on Instagram .photos

06/12/2020

Celebrate Loving Day with my friends, and in honor of my own parents who had an in*******al marriage, and so many others. ❤️

Loving v. Virginia was a Supreme Court case that struck down state laws banning in*******al marriage in the United States. The plaintiffs in the case were Richard and Mildred Loving, a white man and black woman whose marriage was deemed illegal according to Virginia state law. With the help of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), the Lovings appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled unanimously that so-called “anti-miscegenation” statutes were unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment.

The Supreme Court announced its ruling in Loving v. Virginia on June 12, 1967. In a unanimous decision, the justices found that Virginia’s in*******al marriage law violated the 14th Amendment to the Constitution.

“Under our Constitution, the freedom to marry, or not marry, a person of another race resides with the individual, and cannot be infringed by the state,” Chief Justice Earl Warren wrote.

06/11/2020

It’s an unforgettable year for these Seniors. Celebrating this milestone and many more to come!

01/24/2020

This is so true. I struggle with making sure I’m printing and displaying photographs in my own home. Are you like me?

Remember the floppy disk? ... Neither do I! That's what we'll be saying about discs in 10 years. Photography is best enjoyed in print.