This makes me feel that much more lame for the fact most of my family pictures are done at the local chain-store portrait studio: check out these portraits that photographer Andre Maier takes of his family every six months. Some are based on classical paintings, others are just witty and funny, like the one of his family posed as gallerygoers and artists.
The work is beautiful and sometimes oddly touching, like the one of his family posed as Madonna and child with the Magi. I’m also a sucker for anything, even goofy collections of snapshots, that show families over time as they grow and change and age. There’s another family’s photo collection on the site as well. They seem to be having a lot less fun than the Maiers.
Of course, the fact that they are all stunningly gorgeous helps. Maier’s wife, Sylvia, is an artist as well, so there is all kinds of creativity around their house, I am sure.
He does these for other people, as well as photographs weddings and mitzvahs, so if you’re in NYC definitely check him out. And if you’re in the hinterlands like me, it’s great to spend some time poking around the website.
