BC Women's Hospital Communications approached me to document staff and patient care across the hospital, with the resulting images intended for use across the hospital's annual report, website, donor materials, and recruitment. The hospital needed imagery that reflected the scope of its work, from the NICU to postpartum recovery to its broader women's health programs, capturing the day-to-day reality of specialized care rather than staged clinical shots.

Over two days on-site, I worked alongside hospital staff during live shifts rather than staging setups, moving through the NICU, postpartum recovery, and other specialized care departments. The priority was capturing real interactions between staff and patients: a technician easing a patient's nerves before a procedure, a surgeon speaking with a family, nurses on incubator rounds. Patient privacy was a central concern throughout the shoot. Working in a hospital environment meant every frame involving a patient or family member required clearance, and my team and I worked closely and methodically with hospital staff at every stage, coordinating consent, verifying which patients and rooms were cleared to photograph, and adjusting coverage in real time as circumstances changed. It was a meticulous, collaborative process, and the trust hospital staff placed in us shaped how the two days were run.

BC Women's is the only hospital in BC dedicated primarily to women's, newborn, and family health, delivering roughly 7,200 babies a year alongside a full range of specialized women's health programs. The final set of images spans maternity, the NICU, specialized care units, and staff portraits, delivered for use across the hospital's annual report, website, donor materials, and recruitment materials.

The final series is now in use across BC Women's Hospital's website and marketing materials, as well as internal signage throughout the hospital itself.