Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation


Facilitated in January 2025 for beneficiaries of the Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation.
This gentle, creative programme was designed to offer a safe and supportive space for women to explore their relationship with self-care and connection both within themselves and in community. Over four weeks, beneficiaries engaged in reflective practices that blended meditation, mindful photography, and guided journaling, helping them slow down, reconnect with their values, and rediscover joy in everyday moments.
Each session invited participants to pause, reflect, and creatively express their inner world through imagery and words no photography experience was required. The programme was rooted in emotional wellbeing, creative self-care, and the belief that healing begins with intentional attention.

Testimonials

Rayann Bryan
Founder & Chief Executive Officer 

We had the pleasure of working with Annette to host the Mindful Photography Programme, and it was truly a lovely experience. Each week, the sessions were different, offering new insights and creative approaches that kept everyone engaged. It was really a lovely way to end each day on a Monday, providing a calming and reflective start to the week. Annette’s warm and approachable nature made the sessions both enriching and enjoyable. We’ve received positive feedback from the beneficiaries, who found the programme both inspiring and therapeutic. We are excited to continue our collaboration with Annette and look forward to more wonderful sessions together.  

Beneficiary of Thelma Matilda Alves Foundation

Annette was able to provide a safe space to explore mindfulness in photography in conjunction with selfcare. Annette shared her own journey and in which she incorporated how self-care is important to all women, Black and Brown women especially. Healthy discussion then ensued and it gave us all the opportunity to think and be more aware of our self care journey and how photography can help to support that, in our internal homes and our external lives, especially when we are in nature, as it replenishes us, through all its seasons.