Sensual

Sensuality is the art of being present in your body, of experiencing the world through your senses with depth and intention. It is the warmth of sunlight on your skin, the lingering taste of ripe fruit on your lips, the way silk glides over your fingertips. Sensuality is not just about touch; it is the way music sends shivers down your spine, how a scent can transport you to a memory, how a gaze can speak volumes without a single word.

To be sensual is to be attuned to yourself, to honor pleasure in its many forms—not just the obvious, but the subtle: the rhythm of your breath, the feeling of stretching your body in the morning light. It is about savoring life rather than rushing through it, about embracing the richness of each moment. Sensuality is self-connection, a form of self-love, an invitation to exist fully in your own skin.

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La sensualidad es el arte de estar presente en tu cuerpo, de experimentar el mundo a través de tus sentidos con profundidad e intención. Es el calor del sol sobre tu piel, el sabor persistente de la fruta madura en tus labios, la manera en que la seda se desliza sobre tus dedos. La sensualidad no se trata solo del tacto; es el modo en que la música te estremece, cómo un aroma puede transportarte a un recuerdo, cómo una mirada puede decirlo todo sin pronunciar una sola palabra.

Ser sensual es estar en sintonía contigo mismo, honrar el placer en todas sus formas, no solo en lo obvio, sino también en lo sutil: el ritmo de tu respiración, la sensación de estirar tu cuerpo bajo la luz de la mañana. Se trata de saborear la vida en lugar de apresurarse a través de ella, de abrazar la riqueza de cada instante. La sensualidad es conexión con uno mismo, una forma de amor propio, una invitación a existir plenamente en tu propia piel.

New Items in Store!

Happy to share with you that I now have some posters available to purchase on my online store. Along with evergreen Fine Art & Photographic prints, merchandise and education, now you have fill your walls with some badass posters too!

Here are the first two - two photo series that have been very popular among clients and viewers and so I decided to offer a complete look in a way of a poster.

Let me know if you have any special requests from other collections or series.

Close to midnight deep thoughts

Still amazes me how Life has navigated me to here. Working on subjects I used to feel uncomfortable with - being around women, speaking my mind, using my body and skin as a light torch in service for helping others like me, like the girl that needed it back there.

“Who am I and what I am supposed to actually do?” are questions regularly passing my mind. “But if not this, then what?!”, a voice replies and encourages me to make just another step forward…

It’s like we pass diferent stages in our life - the pure, authentic soul that come in, to get lost in the externally molded persona supposed to fit in, to get back to that authenticity as the only sane way to live and to be.

Currently reading, observing and feeling a lot about women. Can you tell? About me as part of them. About them as subject of investigation and inspiration. About us as the creative, nurturing force through which that little thing called Life happens.

We’re not talking enough real talks if we’re in such state of constantly seeking it. Thirsty to sense it, hungry to be it. We ignore universal laws, ways of functioning, of being, reasons why things are the way they are.

Our creativity has the capacity to bring to physical form the yet unseen, however the laws of Life, of the purpose of duality will never change. The essential, the core remains. Swimming against the tide is pointless. What you are, who you are, why you’re here is what matters. Rest is societal dust.

The most important Love?

Does February remind you of an obligation to show your love through physical gifts and heart shaped items, or rather makes you roll your eyes up in the air - “love is to be celebrated every day!”.

I agree - Love is to be celebrated and shown every day. Love, the feeling that has many shapes, goes to different faces, but at the core is always the same - incredibly liberating feeling we live for, the one through which we exist.

What is the most important love of all? Love towards your parents or your children? Love towards your partner or friends? Love towards your mission in life or the mindful activities you lean on to keep yourself sane? What is the Love that truly matters no matter what? Where do you find it and how’s it look?

The answer is simple - it’s You. The love you most need is the love you have to give yourself. The same enormous feeling of liberation and fulfilment that vibrates in your chest, expands outwards and sweeps everything on its way. The love you long for to feel complete, to feel happy, to feel content is the pure love that you need to give yourself.

But… How come? Isn’t this selfish?

No.

It’s not selfish, it’s self care. Your capacity to love unconditionally must start from within and expand outwards. The relationship you most need is the one you need to build with yourself in order to share a loving partnership with someone else. Because you can only give what you already have and not the other way around. The more compassionate and loving you are to the person you are most critical towards (yourself) is the key to building a deep, meaningful relationship with anyone else.

During celebrations like Valentine’s day we often put ourselves in a certain group of people, depending on our marital status. If we’re single - we root for self-love. If we’re in a relationship - towards romantic love. I’ve seen people change and take sides depending on the year. I’ve been one of them too - choosing a certain side depending on the moment. But what we all really must understand and accept is ourselves and the love we must give ourselves first.

Nobody else is you, nobody knows what’s inside of you. Nobody will ever be as close as your own Self, nobody can feel your emotions like you do. So let’s start there first. Not just once a year pumped up by the bombarding marketing from all directions, but every day in privacy. For you from you. Because you deserve Love and Love is all you need to allow yourself to give yourself in order to receive. Rest will follow.

With Love and Gratitude,
Mariya

Portrait of a Woman & an Artist

When the client’s requirements are to hit more with one shot - I’m always up for it! Especially if is working with artists.

Talents are one of my favourite people to photograph. They have this different point of view about the world that you can easily catch if you observe them for some time. Not all artists dedicate themselves to make a living from their craft, yet each of them incorporates their art in everything they do.

This is also the case with Dominique. An incredible woman I saw on the beach playing on her violin one winter morning while the sun was rising over the sea. I count believe my eyes. Sunrise, music, woman… what more I can wish for? It was a pure inspiration for my eyes and one of the loveliest sunrise experiences I’ve had.

Normally I’d pass by as I like having my mornings for myself, but I couldn’t resist to go find out more about her. So after I took some photos and videos, I went closer and introduce myself. Told her how inspiring I found her practice and gave my contact, hoping we can connect.

And so we did. She invited me to open mic sessions, I went to some of her events, she came to some of ours in Art Project Poblenou. And on top of that she became my client.

This is her portrait session where we focused on professional portraits for her day job and artistic portraits for her music performance. What an honour it is for me to be able to serve her and fulfil her photography requests.

Beautiful soul! Thank you Dominique for the trust in photographing you!

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