Mums In View [ Part 4 ]
An actual supermum! This beautiful lady was amazing to shoot because there was so much to what makes her unique and special. I wish I had a minute of her energy! I loved capturing her and creating a snippet of memories that her and her family will treasure. These are just a few of what we captured.
An excerpt from the book .... ' Anybody will agree that we don’t want to be in a position where our mother passes on and we realize in hindsight that there were very little photos of her, both in her role as a mother, and of her as an individual across all stages of her life. Nor do we want to think that if we as mothers passed on that there is nothing left behind that tells our story because we were typically always behind the camera, never in front of it. Without photos there is potentially a lot to lose. Not just of her, but for the sense of ‘self’ and the identity formation of the generations to follow. I reflect on the notion of myself as ‘missing’ from the story of my family and can’t help but forecast a feeling of remorse on my departure that it could deny my future descendants a full sense of ‘self’ by my leaving a gap in the history book. Not to mention the direct impact on my children who have only pictures left to reflect on, and pictures to supplement what doesn’t come to memory. What history and memories will be gone forever? Equally important, is that we as mothers don’t want to be in a position of knowing we are missing in the photos and dearly want to be in them. Wanting to have images of the moments that matter, wanting there to be visual acknowledgment of us as mothers and as individuals, purely because these images give us joy, and because we know they are important to us for so many reasons, but also for our sense of self. We want to, and need to, create a new norm where none of these things are an issue.
