NESTED

A Photo-Art editorial Series presented by Lucy Baum Photography

Inspired and modelled after KINFOLK Magazine

Six annual features. Six images. A small moment. A deeper story. Printed to keep.

A designed visual publication about domestic life, love and ritual.

 

Why would you participate in NESTED?

You would appreciate a few really special images, outside of a full photo session
You like the idea of doing something creative and a little different with your family
You love your home and would enjoy seeing it turned into a small visual story

 

2026 EDITORIAL CALLS

Dates and booking details will be released monthly through via Lucy’s emailed newsletter. Features are subject to change without notice.

  • WEAR/ WASH/ WEAR

    The domestic life of clothes and people.

    It is chosen, rejected, layered, paraded, dropped, borrowed, argued over, washed, folded, lost, found, and put back into circulation. One moment it is fashion. The next, it is laundry. And fashion again.

    This feature explores lifecycles of clothing from wear-day to washday. Outfits & systems.. Style & circulation.

    I’m looking to photograph:

    • Overflowing or meticulously ordered laundry rooms,
      organized chaos, open shelving, shared drawers, hanging racks

    • Entryways and mudrooms heavy with coats and shoes,

    • Chairs that function as wardrobes,

    • Floors that become fitting rooms.

    This is especially suited to:

    • big families where laundry is a major preoccupation

    • children who care deeply about what they wear

    • families whose dressing is a ritual, negotiation, or performance

    • households where dress up and performance is loved

    This feature is for families who feel a visual or emotional connection to how clothing moves through their home.

  • A home preparing for a new arrival

    Before a baby arrives, a house begins to change.

    Rooms shift purpose. Objects accumulate. Clothing appears before there is a body to fill it. A person exists first as space, color, fabric, and intention.

    This feature focuses on couples expecting their first child, and the household transformation taking place.

    I’m looking to photograph:

    • nursery with a newly finished design

    • meaningful objects, clothing, books, and gifts

    • how a home reorganizes itself around someone not yet here

    This is especially suited to:

    • families working with a designer or using a design-led approach

    • homes incorporating eco-conscious, organic, or natural materials

    I’m interested in anticipation made visible:
    the decisions, the waiting, the tenderness, the strange presence of someone who exists mostly in objects and plans.

    (Bonus alignment if Pantone’s Colour of the Year Cloud Dancer is appearing in your home, intentionally or not.)

  • GROW / TEND / GATHER

    Domestic ecosystems and the families who keep them.

    It begins as dirt. It becomes seeds, routines, tools, waiting, growth. It is watered, forgotten, protected, overwatered, checked each morning, harvested too late or too early, brought inside, washed in the sink, left on counters, fed back to the family.

    This feature explores home growing as a domestic practice.

    I’m interested in the small, ongoing relationship between families and the things they grow.

    I’m looking to photograph:

    • backyard gardens, raised beds, balcony pots, or allotments

    • self-contained greenhouses or cold frames

    • indoor seed-starting, windowsill herbs, kitchen propagation

    • children planting, watering, harvesting, carrying baskets

    • tools, soil, boots, gloves, watering cans, produce bowls

    This is especially suited to:

    • families who actively garden or grow food at home

    • households with greenhouses, structured beds, or ongoing planting systems

    • people who feel emotionally invested in what they cultivate

    This feature is for families who feel a visual or emotional connection to growth, care, and the slow domestic rhythms of tending living things.

  • REST / READ / IMAGINE

    Small worlds inside larger ones; A study of how children inhabit their own spaces

    These are the rooms where independence begins. Where collections form. Where books pile and drawings gather. Where children arrange the world to fit them.

    This feature explores the private geographies of childhood.
    Design & dwelling. Retreat & imagination. Order & accumulation.

    I’m interested in how children inhabit space when it is truly their own.

    I’m looking to photograph:

    • children’s bedrooms, shared rooms

    • reading corners, floor beds, book nooks, tented spaces

    • Parents invited into a child’s room to play on their terms

    This is especially suited to:

    • families with thoughtfully designed children’s rooms

    • households where reading or quiet play is part of daily life

    • families whose children are old enough to play independently

    This feature is for families who feel a visual or emotional connection to how children build small worlds inside the larger one.

  • LEARN / TRY / RETURN

    Home as a learning environment.

    In some homes, learning has no clear edges. It happens at kitchen tables and shared desks. Between snacks and interruptions. In the same spaces where life continues.

    This feature explores how families organize knowledge at home.
    Structure & freedom. Focus & fragmentation. Teaching & becoming.

    I’m interested in the daily choreography of home-based learning.

    I’m looking to photograph:

    • homeschool spaces, learning corners

    • kitchen-table lessons, floor work, shelves of materials

    • writing, reading, building, experimenting

    • parent–child teaching moments and independent study

    This is especially suited to:

    • homeschooling families

    • households with strong, consistent homework or study rituals

    • families who have created learning spaces at home

    • parents deeply involved in their children’s education

    This feature is for families who feel a visual or emotional connection to learning as something that lives inside their home.

  • WORK / LIVE / WORK

    Where labor and family life overlap.

    Some homes carry more than one economy. Meetings happen beside toys. Work pauses for snacks. Children move through professional spaces. Emails are sent while someone builds a tower at your feet.

    This feature explores the domestic blending of labor and care.
    Production & interruption. Focus & presence. Structure & improvisation.

    I’m interested in households where work is visibly part of daily family life.

    I’m looking to photograph:

    • home offices and converted work spaces

    • shared desks, studio corners, business materials

    • parents working while children are nearby

    • the physical overlap of professional and family worlds

    This is especially suited to:

    • families where one or both parents work primarily from home

    • creative, entrepreneurial, or self-employed households

    • homes where children are present during the workday

    • families who feel their home is also a place of making or business

    This feature is for families who feel a visual or emotional connection to the overlap between work, care, and home.

 
 

Inclusions and Pricing

  • A short, artist-led photography session and a short interview or questionnaire based on the theme

  • Six photographer-selected digital images, edited and sequenced as a visual feature

  • Matching matte 4×6 prints in a keepsake pouch

  • A special artist rate of 395+ tax in exchange for participation

  • A full model release, as this work may be published in a future collection

NESTED is offered only to newsletter subscribers and participation is curated to ensure alignment with each feature.

If one of these narratives feels like your household or like the chapter you’re currently living — you’re invited to subscribe to the newsletter and be notified of dates and scheduling.

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NESTED Terms and conditions

NESTED is a curated, artist-led series and not a traditional photography session. To preserve the integrity of the project and the experience for everyone involved, each feature takes place within a defined creative structure.

By booking a NESTED feature, participants agree to the following:

1. Artist-directed format

NESTED features are guided by an editorial theme. The visual direction, mood, and any location or wardrobe guidance are set in advance. Participants are collaborating wtih an existing creative vision rather than commissioning a custom photography session.

2. Fixed image offering

Each NESTED feature includes six photographer-selected digital images and corresponding 4x6 matte prints in a keepsake pouch.

NESTED is a closed artistic format. There are no additional images, galleries, upgrades, or sales beyond what is included.

This allows the series to remain focused and true to its purpose as an ongoing body of work.

3. Closed system

NESTED features cannot be expanded, customized, or converted during the session into traditional photography sessions. If you’re looking for family photos with a fully personalized experience, a larger image set and flexible scheduling, please reach out to book a regular family session instead.

4. Scheduling & dates

NESTED is photographed only on the published dates for each editorial theme. If a participant is unable to attend due to illness or unforeseen circumstances, the NESTED fee may only be applied to a future pre-scheduled NESTED date when available.

If you have paid for a NESTED feature and later decide a traditional photography session is a better fit, your payment may be transferred prior to the scheduled date, with any price difference applied.

NESTED features cannot be converted once in progress. If participants attempt to shift a NESTED feature into a custom photography session while I am on site, the feature will be terminated and payment forfeited. Please respect and protect the creative boundaries of this creative project.

5. Model & media release

NESTED is created as part of a long-term art project with online presence in blogs and media articles, and potential print publication. A full model and media release is required to participate.

Should a participant later choose to revoke the release, the session will be subject to the fee difference of the value of a commissioned family session that includes session fee and the pro-rated rate of the collection cost.

 
 

 
 
 
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