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STUDIO MACULA
Fine-art photography
by Hermen van de Waal

I yearn to escape, to break the chains of gravity
Sensual Sessions
For those who long to step out of gravity.
To move beyond shame, expectation and the old stories held in the body.
To be seen in softness, strength, skin, desire, playfulness, vulnerability and resilience.
A sensual portrait is not made for someone else’s gaze.
It is a quiet return to your own body, your own power, your own becoming.
These sessions are open to women, men and couples, created in the softest possible light.
With painterly light, intimacy and care, we create images that feel honest, tender and alive —
discreetly in my studio, or privately in the place where you feel most free.
My approach is shaped by softness, trust, intuition and restraint — qualities often associated with the feminine gaze, but open to every body.

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