The personal blog of lifestyle photographer and writer Nathalie Marquez Courtney


April 2014

  • Streets Portraits by Vivian Maier

    Browse a great collection of some of Vivian Maier’s beautiful black and white street portraits here.   Continue reading

  • A Smooth Sea

    No better words to read after a hectic press week! The print above is from the new Shore Shot collection of sea-inspired prints from the guys at Dublin-based Damn Fine Print. I especially love this one by Emma Jackson. Going to press can be stressful and exhausting, but, whenever I feel like a moan, I’m Continue reading

  • Link Love

    Above: Great shot by Sabino Aguad. Meaty read: Why these are the ‘Ten Best Sentences’  Love the free-association Instagram game Victoria played to source these gorgeous kitchen pics. The internet seems pretty obsessed with all things marble right now. I can’t make up my mind. Love this: The lost art of the unsent angry letter. 8 tips Continue reading

  • Kemi Mai

    I’ve become a little obsessed with the portrait illustrations that Kemi Mai creates – and she’s just 18 years old! The one above is a big fave. (via Miss Moss) Continue reading

  • Our New Place (And New Plants!)

      If you follow me on Instagram, you’ll no doubt already know that, after a lorra, lorra searching, Ben and I finally found a place to rent! We moved in at the end of January, and are still very much in the “settling in” phase (we spent most of yesterday re-organising furniture and laying out possible art combinations Continue reading