Specialization in Family Photography: Capturing Unique Bonds and Moments

Passionate about dogs and photography, Maider Sierra Menéndez united both worlds to become a canine photographer. In her work, she aims to convey the love she feels for dogs and the lifestyle that revolves around them.

Maider started off by taking pictures of families before moving onto the canine world, working with brands like Brott, Dogmade, and Indomable. In 2015, she created her personal project Mestizaa and now dedicates her undivided attention to her passion: taking pictures of dogs and their families.

Citlalli is a Mexican photographer devoted to telling stories of families on their wedding day. She started out as a wedding photographer in 2006, and with her sister Tamara, they have documented over 700 weddings to date. From 2010, she started teaching courses and conferences in Mexico, the United States, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Spain, France, Italy, Holland, Belgium, and the United Kingdom. She was a member of the mentors’ team at the Foundation Workshop in Texas, Mexico, and Europe from 2012 to 2019 for 13 editions. She is also the founder of the MxColectivo community, alongside Daniel Aguilar.
She has received many awards from international photography associations such as Fearless Photographers, International Society of Professional Wedding Photographers, Inspiration Photographers, This is Reportage, and more.

Grazi Ventura has a degree and a postgraduate degree in advertising, but after a few years, she changed her trajectory to the world of photography. She lived in Canada and it was in this country that her career as a photographer officially started.

As a professional photographer she experimented with different areas until, in 2016, she got to know family documentary photography and fell in love with it. Her first project in this style was widely recognized and published in different magazines such as: Cláudia, M de Mulher, and Pais e Filhos. Grazi has received several awards as a family photographer, among them, Inspiration Awards and Documentary Family Photographers from the Family Photojournalist Association.

Danny Bittencourt is a visual poet from Brazil who works in artistic production, education, and writing. As a photography graduate, she specializes in visual poetry. She also has a master's in education with a focus on cultural studies. She dedicates herself to sharing her research and experiences through conferences, workshops, and courses given across Brazil, Argentina, and Portugal.

Her work has been featured in magazines such as Vogue and LensCulture. She is also the author of Fotografia Fine Art, published by iPhoto Editora; Fotografia Híbrida, released independently; and A luz da janela, published by Chiado Books.

Lidi Lima-Conlon is a Brazilian-born photographer living in Ireland. During her early work as a TV journalist, she became fascinated by the visual aspects of her work and storytelling through images. Shortly after moving to Ireland from her home country in 2008, she took a photography course that served as the springboard for her current career. She began photographing everything from weddings and events, to landscapes but soon realized her talents lay in photographing families and babies.

Since then Lidi has established her own studio, Newborns by Lidi. At the Irish Professional Photographer & Videographer of the Year Awards in 2021, Lidi won both the Chairman’s Award and the Newborn Photographer of the Year title. She also gives mentoring sessions and is an ambassador for DreambooksPro.