The most personal portrait there is and you've never actually seen it.

Hi! I'm Angela — Founder, Flower City Iris

For over a decade, my hands have been my instrument. As an orthopedic massage therapist, I've spent thousands of hours learning bodies; the particular way tension holds in one shoulder and not another, the small asymmetries that make every person's structure entirely their own. Helping people find relief, and being part of the Rochester community's wellbeing, has been the steady center of my work life for twelve years. No two bodies I've worked on have ever been alike. That belief has shaped my whole career.

Flower City Iris started somewhere I didn't expect.

A few years ago, my parents had their irises photographed on vacation; two simple images that became a breathtaking piece of artwork now hanging in their home. I couldn't stop thinking about it. Recently, I found myself at my friends house, standing in front of her own merged iris print, talking about it every single visit. Something about it stayed with me, the same thing I'd spent years finding at the massage table: real, physical proof that no two of us are made the same way.

Eventually the thought became a plan. Flower City Iris, named for Rochester, the Flower City, is a mobile studio bringing that same close, careful looking to weddings, celebrations, and quiet studio sessions across Rochester, New York and the Finger Lakes. Every session moves at the pace I learned at the table: slow down, look closely, and let something true come into focus.

Whether you're standing in front of my camera on your wedding day or sitting for a private session, my aim is the same one it's always been; to help you see something about yourself you've never quite seen before.