Minneapolis documentary wedding photographer

EMPIRIA

forever cheering you on-from the kitchen to the dance floor

Minneapolis documentary wedding photographer for the joyful & nostalgic

STUDIOS

Let’s create something (unabashedly) real – together.

embracing your authenticity

For the communicators

Wedding photography that captures how you and your partner are a team, while celebrating your individuality.

For the dancers

A photography team that dances alongside you, or holds your drink so you can dance even harder. All damn day.

For the snugglers

A day structured around letting you experience the deepest emotions, rather than stopping a moment to restructure how it appears.

Hello! I'm Athena

I’d best describe myself as an artist of juxtaposition. I’m a dreamer and a whole-hearted lover with a genuine devotion to finding art in everyday moments. From pockets of sunshine and the way you look at your partner, subtleties are everything. I’ll listen to your stories, advocate for your priorities, and be your biggest cheerleader along the way–while dancing to James Brown the whole time!

An important note

All Are Welcome Here

We love all kinds of love. We celebrate differences in race, culture, and religion. We strongly support self expression and your truest feelings of identity and belonging. Everyone deserves to feel loved, no matter their race, religion, sexuality, or identity. If you share this philosophy, we’ll be fast friends.

so authentic, it makes your heart skip a beat

I’ll take mascara-running tears and squishy hugs over posed “perfection” any day.

Cue the highlight reel

A Minnesota wedding photographer who documents your love story with frame-by-frame authenticity (from ugly tears to grandma’s dance moves)! No expectations or performances. Just a whole bunch of emotions that happen to be on one epic day.