ART MOVEMENT OF MIAMI is located in the heart of Miami, Wynwood. This gym is community-focused, open, sweaty, fun, and transformative. The School offers kids, classes, muay Thai classes for adults and teenagers, and a Jiujitsu program that is beginner-friendly and challenging for intermediate students.
Penland School of Crafts
During the week of my 34th birthday, I got to attend a photography class at Penland under a work-study scholarship. I walked a lot, I worked a lot, and I got to photograph a lot. Being in this mountain was not only grounding but necessary. Necessary to my soul ! The oxygen, the greener, and the view was so beautiful.
A Week(end.) in Miami Beach
All photos from a random staycation my friend invited me to!
Developed at Cardinal Labs Miami.
special thanks to my friend Veronica for a lovely staycation in my city!
love you !
Guatemala | Lake Atitlán + Antigua
during 2021 my mom and I went to Guatemala and I forever grateful. Traveling with your parent when you are older you are able to see their wisdom, their life and their experiences.
Grateful for this time!
Mexico City 3333
I got to spend my beautiful 33rd birthday in Mexico City. I am so grateful for my love, my health and my life. Here is to good food, a new city and traveling with a lover!
The places i visited and stayed in.
My boyfriend José got an airbnd in La Condesa.
AIRBNB- and José
José’s Google Map for all the Mexico Food spots https://goo.gl/maps/6EKDT5TNvJmcHfTQ7
Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Random Moments
Keisha Bissram x Denisse Monge
During my time in New York City, life brought me a friend Keisha Bissram. Who is Trinidad Tobago Staten Island goddess and actress, writer, and lover! I am so grateful for her wild Sagittarius soul. This photo series was photographed in my Miami home.
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new personal work | Denisse Monge
untitled ( thirst trap I II III)
“there was a moment that is fading my mind now, and trust it’s one of the moments I want to hold on to forever but new experiences are making their way into my mind.”
Apollo Plants x Denisse Monge
The Art of Movement Miami
Jes Allen | Spirit Portraitures
Jes Allen was one of the first people I met in Brooklyn. I love her so much and i am so glad she got to be one of the last people i photographed! love you Jes. Thank you for being part of Spirit Portraitures
Instagram : j.e.s.a.l.l.e.n
website: www.jesallen.com/
Angie @vngles 🍉🍉🍉
Summer Brookly Golden Hour x Angie @vngls
Frida Kahlo in my heart!
in many ways, I have been feeling disconnected from myself lately.
how? when all I have been doing is spending time with myself.
the thought. I am not where I want to rises.
where do I want to be?
Mexico! I am reminded of Frida Kahlo, and for the first time in my life.
I understand her work.
I have seen it a thousand times, studied it, read about her work.
I have lusted over her work, like a demented artist - who wishes -
I wish I could make something so beautiful as her work.
I am sitting in my beautiful Brooklyn apartment. The sounds of the garden, hood, fireworks as my backyard.
but I wish my life was different.
that's what her work was about - wanting - dreaming -conjuring -
and existing in a plane that is not the reality of your life.
The suffering from the extension of our hearts from loving men or women at the cost of existence in this world.
so when the heart finally breaks- the world we wished for exists.
Capture Dances x Denisse Monge
Denisse Monge X Capture Dances
Collaboration and Imagination.
Capture Dances workshops are designed to create a fun environment for movers, photographers, and other artists to create spontaneously. Visit www.capturedances.com/
Photos were taken in Wyckoff Manor by Denisse Monge.
Brian Monge | Movement Artist
My brother Brian Monge is a beautiful movement artist based in Miami,FL.
IG: brianxmonge
🌹Vanessa Reycas | Movement Artist
Vanessa Reycas is truly the embodiment of some serious movement goals. I am so grateful to have the pleasure of photographing her during our time of quarantine. Thank you for keeping me creative during this time.
IG: @vanessa.recyas
Self-Portraits During Self- Isolation ❤️
i am no longer in love.
i am no longer in love.
i am no longer in love. ..
.
maybe if i repeat like a mantra
it would actually hold. -dm
intimacy with some never happens.
intimacy with some last moments.
intimacy with some lingers forever. -dm 🌪
lovers teach you how to love you. -dm
✨Denisse Monge Presents Spirit Portraiture ✨
Denisse Monge 10.19.2019
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Location: Brooklyn, NY
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. - Albert Einstein
Thank you! Thank You! Thank You!
2019 has brought me so much abundance in creativity, love, money, and movement. I am so grateful for all the beautiful souls that trust me to hold space for them in the process of being photographed. I know first hand that getting your photo taken is a very vulnerable experience. All of the fears of our insecurities come out and we fear that we are portraying our flaws rather than our authenticity. My intention behind spirit portraiture is to create a healing experience for the person in front of the camera. To be able to let their spirit- their natural state of being- bloom, flourish and shine.
Khadijah Abdul-Mateen & Zakiyyah Abdul-Mateen from
|un| earth + bloom
Harlem, NYC March.2019
"Intergenerational healers, trauma-informed mental health specialists, daughters of the earth, and students of our breath. We are committed to the complete liberation of our people. "Khadijah is my friend and she is so powerful." so when I found out that she was a twin- I remember thinking wow this woman is gorgeous and there are two of them on this earth! lol, I knew I had to photograph them. I am so glad they chose the work we did together to be the photos for unveiling for their new project. I love this photo because it reminds me of my siblings and our interactions. Fun, light and powerful.
Ashley Menestrina April. 2019
Manhattan, NY
Our friendship is super unique. We met one day officially and we haven't stopped hanging out ever since. You inspire me to be free and relentless! To give everything I got to the world and to stop playing small. Travel the world, dance your heart out but most importantly just keep creating! Follow @ashleymenestrina
*This photo went viral on VSCO
Brooklyn, NY April.2019
Every time I think of you, I think of this moment, of this day. I know and trust that everything happens the way it is meant too! “When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too.” ― Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist
Jordan Catherine Pagán from Ostara Apothecary
Prospect Park Brooklyn, NYC May.2019
This year life brought me Jordan once again lol. I had met Jordan the summer of 2017 but I was not paying attention or the time was not quite right. Jordan is true to her Capricorn nature- she pushes me and gives me the nudge I need to follow through on my word. Working with her has been a blessing for me because she holds me to it. I can't wait for future collaborations the earth brings us.
#lotuslovepride Laughing Lotus X K.Deer
Manhattan, NYC June.2019I want to give a huge thank you to Amanda Valdes- as content creator for Laughing Lotus- she trusted my vision for this campaign. Laughing Lotus is so FUN, HAPPY AND QUEER! I wanted to capture that in the street of Manhattan!
Ali Cramer Modern Ayurveda - Rituals, Recipes & Remedies for Balance
Manhattan, NYC August.2019
I am so grateful to Ali, I felt so nervous during this photoshoot because I have so much respect for Ali Cramer as a teacher and human, she is phenomenal! When she told me the picture I took was going to be her author photo for her first book; I was shocked and extremely grateful!
Buy her book, take her class and GO.ON.DUTY.
