Mother’s Day 2022 Features
Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating today! Here are some of my Mother’s Day features alongside some really amazing photographers documenting our versions of motherhood. For me, Motherhood is a fountain of knowledge and wisdom, flowing to nourish the next generation.
EyeMama x National Geographic
“Like many people, photographer Karni Arieli was stuck at home for most of 2020, living within the narrow confines imposed by the pandemic. To ease the tedium, Arieli—born in Israel and living in England—began taking pictures of her sons. When she realized that many other photographers were also turning their lenses on their families, “I thought, I should collect the stories of motherhood in lockdown.”
In April 2021 she launched the Eye Mama Project, an Instagram platform where she posts images of motherhood made by photographers from all over the world who identify as mothers. Arieli used the word “mama” because she considers it a term of endearment and connection.”
The Mother in me - PhotoVogue
"We need to open our eyes to a vision of motherhood that is more varied than the one transmitted to us so far, so that every woman can recognize ‘the mother in herself’: every experience of motherhood is unique and irreplaceable and there is no one right way to be a mother.”
Motherhood is…
32 artists from 12 countries share their art, words, and versions of motherhood in a beautifully curated collection by the amazing Cindy Cavanagh.
