honest + intimate

imagery of motherhood captured on film photography

the beauty of growing up along side one another

let us celebrate this life and home you are creating, day after day, by capturing the beauty of now

all film, all heart

I yearn to create something beautiful with you; imagery of motherhood that encompasses it all

my love language is connection

my medium is film photography

film is a slow dance that organically lends itself for natural moments to unfurl

genuine, natural, tender, and soulful

Dianna Martin

is a film photographer living at the edge of the woods in Dundas, Ontario with her partner + three children.

Endlessly inspired by our natural world, Dianna marvels at the wild beauty of life and is especially drawn to women’s metamorphosis in motherhood, the freedoms in childhood, and the joys, intricacy and humour in family life.

With a reverence for connection and presence, Dianna celebrates the journey of mothering by creating art from a place of transformative growth.

photo by Laura Rowe

featured on PhotoVogue

on instagram…

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Self-portraits taken deep into weaning Milena after 2.5 years of breastfeeding Entitled Boo-boos Her, with a broken elbow and I, desperately attempting to wean. Covering my nipples in band-aids to physically block the milk source. My toddler simp
Ena, full term #analogue #filmphotography #herexposure #sheshootsfilm #motherhoodarchive #womenwhoshootfilm #filmfeed #afilmcosmos #shootfilmmag #loadfilm #mamagaze #eyemamaproject #photofilmy #tendermag #portra400 #kodak #mamasshootingfilm #connec
Ena and Mitch, days before birth • Portra400 on a mix of 35mm + 120mm #analogue #onfilm #filmphotography #mamagaze #herexposure #sheshootsfilm #shootfilmmag #portra400 #kodak #filmfeed #afilmcosmos #tendermag #filmwave #mamasshootingfilm #mo
Awaiting their winter baby #analogue #onfilm #filmwave #photofilmy #afilmcosmos #filmfeed #mamagaze #sheshootsfilm #herexposure #connectedinmotherhood #womenwhoshootfilm #shootfilmmag #tendermag #diannamartinphotography
The sheer love and excitement this sweet boy has for his little sister, growing in mama’s belly, is beyond touching. I left this session imprinted with the kinda magic that children so easily conjure. The kind that entices play, a light heart
Alex & Ollie #photovogue #analogue #onfilm #herexposure #mamagaze #eyemamaproject #mamasshootingfilm #sheshootsfilm #tendermag #feelingmotherhood #connectedinmotherhood #35mmmotherhood #loadfilm #motherhoodarchive #afilmcosmos #portra400 #shoot
Vovô and Milena holding hands. My father and my youngest. Hands I held as small as hers. Sandpaper mountains enveloping my own. His hands now ache with arthritis from a lifetime of labour. At 72, they’re still continuously at work