I’m Adri, a Chicago documentary photographer based in the West Suburbs. I specialize in capturing the unscripted, in-between moments the quiet exhale, the loud laugh, the glance between two people that no posed session could ever plan for. My approach is simple: you live your life, and I document it honestly.
Becoming a mother changed the way I see light, chaos, and love. I live with my kids in the Chicago West Suburbs, and motherhood shaped my lens more than any workshop ever could. I know what it feels like to want to freeze a moment. That’s exactly why I show up the way I do present, patient, and ready to find the beauty in whatever unfolds.
When I’m not on a shoot, you’ll find me grinding fresh coffee, dancing whenever I get the chance, or rereading a poem I already know by heart. I’m an extrovert who will ask about your life too fast and mean every word of it.
As featured in Peerspace’s roundup of the best Chicago newborn photographers.
I have been documenting Chicago families, weddings, births and newborns since 2015, working across the city and suburbs from Evanston to Naperville, Oak Park to the South Loop. Every session, every birth call, every wedding day has deepened my belief that ordinary moments are worth preserving forever.
“I stumbled upon Adri’s work while looking for a local photographer — I was instantly captivated. We hired her for the full birth package and getting to work with Adri has been such a privilege. She is incredible with kids, went in the water with us at the maternity session, was on call 24/7 for birth, and brought me flowers at the newborn shoot. I didn’t even notice she was in the room during birth and we have hundreds of cherished photos. Adri does beautiful work and really is skilled at capturing feeling and emotion as well as light. A true artist and a gem of a human.”
— Sarah Anderson , full birth package (maternity, birth & newborn)
What a Chicago documentary photographer captures
As a Chicago documentary photographer, I cover weddings, families, birth and newborn sessions across Chicagoland
Book your Chicago documentary photography session
Whether you’re planning a wedding, expecting a baby, or just want your family captured as they actually are — I’d love to hear from you. I serve Chicago and the surrounding suburbs including Forest Park, Oak Park, Evanston, Downers Grove, La Grange, Elmhurst, Naperville, Willowbrook, and everywhere in between. If you’re in the Chicagoland area, I’m there.
