What began as mild fascination with pictures in youth quickly evolved into an all-consuming passion. Maryam Thompson, of Maryam Thompson Photography, discovered the joy of photographing people with the birth of her son, and earliest favored subject, and made it her career. The promise to her clients is, "I change the way that you see yourself."

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