I don’t shoot boudoir to make men drool. I shoot it to make women see themselves again.
What is the female gaze?
The female gaze isn’t just about flipping the script - it’s about burning the whole damn script and writing a new one!
For decades, women have been photographed through a lens built for male pleasure. Tilt your head, suck in your stomach, smile like you’re both innocent and begging. Traditional boudoir often reinforces this: soft focus, sultry looks, lingerie positioned just right to tease - but never truly tell a story.
The female gaze rejects performance. It’s not about how desirable a woman looks to someone else—it’s about how she feels in her body. It’s intimate, emotional, and rooted in her perspective, not an observer’s fantasy.
Where the male gaze objectifies, the female gaze humanizes.
Where the male gaze commands, the female gaze invites.
Where the male gaze shows flesh, the female gaze reveals truth.
When I shoot boudoir, I’m not trying to make you look sexy for someone else. I’m here to help you see yourself with compassion, power, and honesty - through your own eyes, not someone else’s expectations.
I Don’t Pose Women - They Pose Themselves
You won’t hear me telling anyone to “arch more” or “look sexier.”
That’s not how I work - and it’s not what I’m trying to capture.
I don’t put women into poses. I invite them to move in ways that feel natural and powerful to them.
I might offer guidance - like where the light hits best, or how to soften a hand - but I never override what feels right in someone’s body.
If a pose feels awkward or forced, it shows.
And worse - it disconnects the woman from herself.
What I want to photograph is the real energy that comes out when a woman drops into herself.
The subtle shift when she stops performing and starts feeling. That’s when the magic happens.
I’m not here to mold women into an aesthetic.
What the female gaze isn't?
The female gaze isn’t just flipping the script and turning women into a new kind of object.
It’s not about making women look powerful - it’s about letting them feel powerful.
A lot of people hear "boudoir" and instantly picture something curated for the male eye: porn-inspired poses, forced sexiness, or lingerie that screams “performing, not feeling.”
That’s the male gaze in action. Even when women are the subject, the perspective still centres male desire.
The female gaze throws that out the window.
It doesn’t ask women to perform.
It invites them to exist.
When I photograph someone, I’m not looking to mold them into a fantasy, but instead I’m looking to witness the real energy they bring when no one’s asking them to be anything but themselves.
And the result?
Why is it matters?
Because women have spent a lifetime being seen through someone else’s eyes.
Judged. Edited. Cropped. Shrunk.
Told who to be, how to look, and what version of themselves is most “desirable.”
The female gaze is an act of rebellion.
It says: You don’t have to shrink here.
You don’t have to perform, apologise, or fix anything before you’re allowed to feel beautiful.
This matters because photography isn’t just about how you look - it’s about how you see yourself.
And most women have never seen themselves through a lens that didn’t come with conditions.
Boudoir, through the female gaze, becomes more than a photoshoot.
It becomes a reclamation.
Of every version of you that was ever told to tone it down.