I joke that I’m in a long-distance relationship with Italy. I’m part Italian, and part of my heart lives there. It’s a relationship that I return to again and again.

Weathered turquoise door and textured stone wall in Italy
Lucca, 2008

Italy has been both a creative home and a personal anchor. I’ve spent time with family there, made a home base in Florence each time I go, and studied the language. There’s something about the pace, the beauty, and the everyday rituals of Italian life that continue to pull me in.

A few years ago, I started an Etsy shop called Love from Italy to share my Italy travel photography. Like many creative things, it evolved. It became a home not just for images, but Italian idiom prints and other pieces of Italian culture that help people stay connected when they can’t be there. To give you a sense of how much it evolved, I never would have guessed that my bestsellers in an Italy photography shop would be a “Childless Cat Lady Club” shirt and a Tesla bumper sticker that says “Where’s the Stop Elon Mode on This Thing?”, but here we are. The world (d)evolves, and artists respond.

This space—Behind the Lens—is where I hope to share more of these projects with you.

Woman writing in a sunlit room with large wooden windows in Italy
Florence, 2020

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I’m Rebecca, a documentary family photographer drawn to the beauty of everyday moments. In addition to family photography, I work with schools and small businesses that are looking for authentic portraits and branding images— always with a focus on real connection and honest imagery.

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