What is Liv Joy Social?
Modeling and Photographing in Pecos Jane Vintage
Marfa, TX 2024
Olivia Joy Berger aka Liv
Who am I??
Hi!! My name is Olivia, and it is SO nice to meet you! All my friends and fam call me Liv, so that works too:) I am a 20 year old student living in San Marcos, TX. I grew up in Wimberley TX and was a bigggg country girl for most of my life. I've always loved taking pictures, especially of people. I first started using a professional camera when I was in middle school, and it just grew into a major passion of mine. Flash forward to now, I am working as a business and media manager at Pecos Jane Vintage with my wonderful boss/friend/big sister, Blair. I have grown so much from when I started this job to now. I give a lot of credit to Blair because she pushed me to keep going with my photography and gave me the creative freedom for every shoot. I'm a pretty positive person, and I have a passion for midwifery and women's health. Body positivity is something I take really seriously and through photography, I have learned that everyone hones their own beauty in such different ways. And I feel honored to get to capture that.
What I do
I am a photographer, obviously, but I have a million different passions. One of them being midwifery, like I stated above. I was born at home with a midwife and I have always loved hearing my mom talk about her experience. My goal after graduating is to get certified as a CPM and start my own birth center one day. A big dream of mine is traveling around the world to teach women how to safely give birth at home naturally. Another one of my passions being traveling! Travel is what feeds my soul and I believe it is SO important. I have lived in Spain twice now, and each time being the best ever. An another passion of mine is fashion. Working at PJV, I have learned so much about the fashion industry and how valuable quality pieces are nowadays. I love mixing it up with my style and being creative! My absolute dream would be to have my own photo studio, but also be some type of agent/manager of the models I work with and help them get jobs as well. I have made many connections with stylists, filmmakers, photographers and creatives in Austin through the shop, that I feel I could really launch some big things.
My purpose
Like I said before, body positivity is so important to me, and gaining self confidence is life changing. This is the approach I take with my photography. I want the people I work with, to walk away so confident in their own skin, and feeling more beautiful than ever. My favorite thing is when people who have struggled with their self esteem before, tell me that the pictures I took of them make them feel so pretty. That is why I do this. I know how it feels not to like what you see in the mirror. I think every woman can relate to that on some level. But sometimes, you just need to see it from someones else's perspective, especially someone who can easily see the beauty in everything.