Second Moment II

I began the series The Second Moment shortly after giving birth to my first son. While the impetus for this work derives from my personal experience as a new mother, the images are also embroiled in the wider myth and fantasy of motherhood itself. Through a highly stylized and narrative approach, the subjects negotiate the shifting boundaries between mother and child.

Historically, motherhood has been viewed as a role rather than a relationship. A pre-scripted character women slip into, quietly abandoning their previous self for a silent and unconditionally loving figurehead. One of the most complicated and layered of human experiences reduced to an archetype, leaving little room for the flesh and blood mother to feel anything that may stray from the ideal.