From the kitchen table series | Stories of Home
I haven’t picked up my camera that much to make personal family photos lately.
Sometimes I find myself wanting to document everything. To photograph you, as my kids, before you grow up, to remember what it was like before you grow up and move onto the next stage in your life.
Sometimes, and more often lately, I just want to put down my camera or bring it outside, but left in its bag, and, instead, be in the moment with you. To be solidly present even if it means fewer photos taken.
I am reassured by my friends, both mothers and photographers, that it’s ok to have times like these. The days are short, but the years are long. There will always be time to make photos while there are fewer opportunities to be present in the moment. Because time is always moving and, more importantly, you’ve both taught me to appreciate being in the present. Something that I didn’t really value in my life before becoming a mother. I was always chasing the next goal or the next opportunity, rather than being still and enjoy the time we have together.
Of course, I would never stop making photos of the two of you. Photographs show you who you were in that moment in time and connects you to the people you were with or places you were in. It helps you to feel that you belong and find comfort in the love that surrounds you.
It’s also my visual love letters to you.
Some photos from the archives and in more recent times - a new project series titled ‘From the kitchen table’.
Children making a painting in an online art class during the covid lockdown at home in Cambridge.
Candid family photography of children eating with chopsticks in a family meal in Cambridge. From the kitchen table series by photographer, Diana Hagues.
A child and his puppy at the table. Candid family storytelling from the kitchen table photo project series.
Documentary family photography of young children decorating a pumpkin at home in Cambridge.
Child cutting out gingerbread cookies at home. From the kitchen table series - a documentary family photo project by Diana Hagues Photography.
Documentary family photograph of two children looking out through the window at home in Cambridge.
A child doing his maths homework during the covid lockdown. Candid family storytelling from the kitchen table documentary photo series
Candid storytelling family photography of a teenage detail and technology at the table. From the kitchen table series by Diana Hagues Photography.
Natural storytelling family photography of children running at home in Cambridge.
A family sits around a table of food at home on Christmas Day. From the kitchen table series by Cambridge documentary photographer, Diana Hagues
Natural and candid family photography of a child reading at the kitchen table in Cambridge.
Candid documentary family photoshoot at home in Cambridge.