Caroline Fontenot

portraits

The Schwab Family

Sweet Annie, Matt and Sarah. Hard to keep it together shooting some of my best friends love on their little girl.

Photographed in Houston, TX

The Schott Family – 2019

Kevin, Emily, Teddy and Mary Finley. Always so grateful to be invited back to document another year. Also grateful that Kevin makes me cocktails while I do so!

Photographed in Houston, TX

All Gussied Up

Some of my favorite moments from 2019’s “All Gussied Up” event benefiting Friends of Down Syndrome. Models from the Down Syndrome Academy and the wider Houston Down syndrome community strutted their stuff to raise money for this groundbreaking program! The program “envision a world in which all people with Down syndrome have the opportunity to continue their education and contributions to their community, enhance their quality of life, realize their life potential, and become an accepted member of their community.” This was an absolute honor to witness!

Photographed in Houston, TX at Audi Central.

The Todd Family

At home with Will, Rachel, Ember and little Liam.

Photographed in Houston, TX

The Hughes Family

Patrick, Lauren, Owen and pup Penny. Another afternoon at home with a family I’ve photographed from engagement, wedding in 2015 to parents. It never gets old!

Photographed in Atlanta, GA

Indigo Houston

Houston’s Indigo was named by Eater as one of the 16 Best New Restaurants in America! I’ve been intrigued by Chef Jonny Rhodes’ concept of fighting racist stereotypes with his “neo-soul” tasting menu, centered around telling stories of African Americans and Indigenous people. He and his wife Chana aim to challenge systemic racism and oppression with Indigo. “Rhodes delivers monologues between courses on weighty topics ranging from mass incarceration to the Great Migration, but even without them, Indigo’s very existence is part of the work: a fine dining restaurant in a historically underserved neighborhood, serving food that unabashedly claims its purpose. In a more equitable dining culture, none of this would be revolutionary, but today it is; diners simply don’t see restaurants like this very often” (eater).

I was so excited to be asked by Eater to photograph Chef Rhodes and his food for the national feature.

The Sjoholm Family

Jay, Lindsey, Henry and Jack. What an honor to have captured their engagement, a full wedding weekend in the Bahamas in 2014, and now life with two kiddos. Glad to call this family our friends.

Photographed in Marietta, GA