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Helen Joy's Writings

Helen Joy's Writings

Helen Joy George 9/8/26 Helen Joy George 9/8/26

Why I don’t like to call my photos boudoir.

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Making people feel like this, safe and beautiful and whole in their very own skin, is one of the reasons I'm here.
I have fought tooth and nail my whole life to go against what our culture lies to us about. That we would be better if...
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Letting go | week 41 of self portraits

I find it so incredibly heavy to be a human sometimes. I feel the pain of the collective so viscerally.
So much of life is letting things die and be reborn. And like the trees teach us every year around this ti

These words were slipped to me after my second Play Day today.
I feel like such a chaotic mess a lot of the time but I sure show up in love for my photo work. Nourishing these four women in all the ways, SEEING them as they are, and being in communit

One year anniversary session of the hottest humans who absolutely were a dream to photograph.
Not everyone looks better wet, but these two got hotter the wetter they got.
I will have to do a separate post of their cheesy jc penny inspired photos.

Do you know how delightful it is to be a grown ass woman and have four women show up to your birthday party decked out to celebrate?
How it feels to be shoving down feelings of being silly for wanting a little party in your yard for weeks only to fi

Texture | Week 40

This prompt was for last week, but I didn't have a free moment to play last week.

I've been eyeing these sweet tiny daisies for weeks wanting to frame myself with their wild little texture.

Today is my 41st birthday. I truly th

One last call for Wednesday's Play Day.
This is not just a photo session, this is an immersive celebration of self-a communal ritual of connection.
I'd love to find the right person for this last spot.
$300 (includes photos)

Photos of the radiant E

Do you NEED a jolt of aliveness? A feeling of connection to your body and to other humans?
I have two spots available for my Wednesday Play Day.
300 includes photos for your beautiful, alive self.
Worth taking off work for the morning ✨
All the lo

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