Express Yourself
Express Yourself is a personal experience that uses portrait photography to help you gain a new awareness of yourself, including your deepest and most unexpected side.
A journey that becomes image therapy: an invitation to look beyond, break patterns and recognise your uniqueness.
The result is a renewed sense of wellbeing, self-esteem and beauty.
Express Yourself is an emotional project that leaves you with a lasting sense of beauty. The images you receive become a treasure to preserve or share, a way to tell the story of a memory or a positive emotion, and a ray of light to draw on during the hardest and darkest days.
Express Yourself is a wonderful starting point for learning to love yourself and set aside moments just for you—the most precious gift we have.
1. Getting to know you
Express Yourself begins with an introductory call, followed by an appointment in the studio or via Skype.
This stage is essential for tailoring your photo session and making your experience unique.
The experience also includes a short image consultation to choose clothes and accessories and create the perfect outfits for you and your photo session.
2. Taking action
Your photo session will take place in our calm, welcoming and private studio.
In exceptional cases, we can choose an outdoor location with the same qualities.
Three outfit changes are included and agreed during our first meeting, because on that day you will be at the centre of our world.
We will guide you step by step, making every pose as natural as possible and revealing your inner beauty and the attention you deserve.
3. Shine
A make-up artist will take care of your look, choosing with you the make-up style that suits your face and personality.
She will be present throughout the session to change and retouch your make-up for each outfit.
4. Curate
We will select 25 photographs from your session.
Each image is post-produced with only a few adjustments, preserving the natural feel of the photograph.
5. Reveal
After five days, you will be able to see our work and receive five 20×30 prints and ten digital photographs.
What people who have already experienced EXPY say
“Express Yourself is not just about having photographs taken. It is a way to challenge yourself in front of the photographer’s lens and try to express who you are in different ways.
It is a bit like seeing ourselves through other people’s eyes.
It is addictive—better than a session with a psychologist.”
AZZURRA – EXPY PERSONAL
“The afternoon photo session was time set aside for us, to make us feel good and beautiful.
We laughed all afternoon and were amazed when we looked in the mirror after our make-up—we could hardly recognise ourselves. We were different!
I do not always see myself as beautiful, because I am the mother of a “fragile” son who needs my time, and my identity as a woman disappears into his fragility. Sometimes I feel that taking care of myself helps me recharge, so I go to the hairdresser or have coffee with a friend.
Behind this mask of a strong mother, there is always a woman fighting for her child.”
TERESA – EXPY THERAPY
“A wonderful experience. I did not expect it, but I was able to be myself without fear.
Thanks to Express Yourself, I have gained more confidence, because deep down we can—and should—always feel beautiful!
I already loved photography; this experience made me want to explore that world even more!
It may almost be time to do another one with a different theme.”
CARMEN – EXPY PERSONAL
“The afternoon photo session with Manuela and Chiara was a moment when we could be ourselves, free from social, professional and parental roles.
I felt as though I were in a parallel world, like Alice in Wonderland!
It was an afternoon of pure vitality: we had so much pent-up energy and so many unspoken words after months when we were not allowed to be together.
Sometimes I deeply need to spend time with friends, just women, sharing moments that are entirely feminine, as I live with a husband and four sons.
Being the mother of a child with a disability and being a woman coexist within me, but not peacefully; they are held in a dynamic balance.
The real struggle is with the outside world.
Other people’s attitudes can range from pity and misunderstanding to outright intolerance.
I must always be willing to make myself completely vulnerable if I want to be understood.
We mothers are not sad because we have “special” children; what saddens us is knowing that they are more exposed to life’s hardships.
All women become warriors the day they give birth. Some face harsher, longer and more exhausting battles, but there are no heroes without great obstacles to overcome. I consider facing certain challenges around the clock a privilege.
Being born a woman is a great gift; we have something extra.
Long live the women who carry the weight of the world!”
LORETTA – EXPY THERAPY
DISCOVER THE OPTIONS
EXPY Friends & Family
If you would like to share this experience with someone special who completes and enriches you, ask us about the Express Yourself “Friends & Family” session.
All the features of the personal experience, amplified: an alternative afternoon of photography for you and your friends, or for you and your daughter, for up to five people.
Fun, advice, sparkling wine and photographs. A moment to get to know the people sharing the experience with you and create a lasting memory that strengthens your relationship.
EXPY Therapy
Through a collaboration with Centro Gazza Ladra, we realised that Express Yourself could become something genuinely important and useful for associations too.
Example:
The project was offered to Centro Gazza Ladra, which supports vulnerable people in our local area. The association introduced Express Yourself to mothers of children with disabilities, giving them time for themselves and a chance to show the world their powerful, intense beauty. Behind a child facing difficulties there is often a mother who fights, suffers and constantly searches for the best path for her child’s wellbeing. In doing so, these women can lose themselves in their children’s lives, forgetting their own needs and always putting someone else first. Giving time to these wonderful women, placing them at the centre of attention and caring for and celebrating them helped them reconnect deeply with their worth and beauty—a beauty made of sacrifice, broad smiles, difficult choices and immense satisfaction in every small step they take while holding their children’s hands.
EXPY Team Building
Express Yourself suits situations where revealing a deeper side of yourself can help you grow. It is a fun, shared experience that gives a company authentic, cohesive team images unlike the usual corporate photographs.
Our Works
The EXPRESS YOURSELF experience