Chérie is born from the fusion of our two worlds: documentary and editorial.
Our whole purpose is to use our presence and creativity to document what makes the union of two people so unique.
After working together for several years, we decided to open this space to be able to merge our experience in couples and fashion photography to document a different and refreshed look at wedding & elopement photography.
MEET VICKY AND SOFÍA
About us
About
I have been living in the Mexican Caribbean for 8 years, and if I had to describe myself in a few words (A GREAT EFFORT because I love to talk, haha!), I would say I am a seeker of new horizons where I can continue to unfold my being and my art.
I graduated in Audiovisual Communication, although since I was young, I have had a great curiosity for creativity, comedy, and theater, which, without fear of being wrong, I dare say was my first love. Later, photography came into my life and gradually began to take up more and more space until it became my full-time activity! Wow! The 8-year-old Vicky who, when asked, “What do you want to be when you grow up?” answered, “ARTIST,” must be very proud :).
Self-knowledge and astrology are other fundamental pillars of my life that have helped me discover many aspects of myself: that I am deeply sensitive and emotional; that I have a strong character and am very spontaneous; that love connects me to a place of maximum vulnerability and
commitment; and that playing, dancing, laughing out loud, dressing up, and creating characters in fictional settings I make my life brighter and happier. Just in case let me add a few more details… I have Sun in Cancer, Ascendant in Aries, and Moon in Aquarius. And I use Enneagram Type 7… sorry… I forgot to add ‘insiders note’ ;) All this is just a brief summary of who I am and what I strive to deliver every time I have the immense privilege of capturing love stories.
My purpose is to inspire couples to be who they are; to let themselves be moved by the experience; to release their complexes and labels to immerse themselves in the present moment; to merge with their partner in love and complicity, and above all, to HAVE FUN.
I like to believe that this is the path to a deep connection so that together as a team, we can create unique and honest images of your love story.
I still remember the first time I held a photo I just printed in a dark room. I had turned 17 and was in the middle of a year-long student exchange program far away from the small Argentinian town I grew up in. I was alone and detached. Photography was then just a random course I took to fulfill my school's requirements but soon it revealed itself as something else.
With the camera in my hands I felt powerful, protected and shameless... almost invisible. I was able to move around freely and express a way of seeing things that I had been hiding from everybody... including myself.
I took too many different paths & destinations following who knows what idea of happiness until one day I decided to leave everything behind and started traveling. And I don’t know exactly where it was, but maybe somewhere down an Indian railroad or a Thai wedding I remember looking through my camera and getting that old feeling of completeness again; that feeling of being in the world. And I knew I wouldn’t let it go this time.
About
Those travels led me to Mexico 10 years ago, where I made it my goal to understand the photography I liked, to find the style that could represent me. And in that quest I got drowned more and more to the beauty of things, and was hypnotized by the calmness of minimalism, that led me to fashion and editorial photography where I found the space to create within that simplicity.
I understood that portraying people was definitely what I enjoyed the most.
The image has a different depth to it, it’s also layered with the challenge of connecting with that person in order to flow together and inspire trust so they can really be themselves.
And in that dance of connecting with the people I shoot and digging deeper on what I felt comfortable portraying I suddenly got into weddings.
An immense new realm with all the possibilities within one event, one moment.
People, laughter, love, sandness, euphoria….Everything everywhere all at once.
And nothing can beat that.
Chérie Manifesto
We capture the essence of each story,
combining classic elegance with a bold
and rebellious look.
We believe in immortalizing moments that are as genuine as they are extraordinary.
We create timeless memories with a touch of charming chaos, because we know that the best stories are lived with authenticity.