Motherhood: An Introduction
A project to listen, document and celebrate mothers in their own words and spaces.
Field notes
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2-4 mins
This project began with one question: how can I understand my own mother better? Not through grand statements, but by listening. By sitting in kitchens that smell faintly of coffee and washing powder, in gardens where dogs bark and lilies bend toward fences, in living rooms cluttered with toys or photographs.
What I’m building here is both photography and storytelling. A way of observing mothers as they are. No gloss. No single narrative. Just honesty, humour, sacrifice, joy, and all the little moments in between.
I have always admired my own mum for who she is and what she has done. Strong, kind, funny, ambitious, and sharp as they come. She raised us as a single mother, making sacrifices I am only beginning to grasp. The life she built for me and my sister was not simple. Yet when asked, she will only shrug and say she would not change a thing.
This project is a way of paying homage. To her, to her own mother before her, and to the millions of women who shape lives quietly and relentlessly. It is also a way of learning. By listening to mothers of different ages, backgrounds and experiences, I hope to see my own mother’s journey more clearly.
This is not a polished campaign. It is field notes on motherhood. Fragments of love, sacrifice, humour, fear and joy. Each story stands alone, but together they form a chorus. A reminder that motherhood is never one script.
Everyone’s story is different. If you’d like to share yours, my inbox is always open.
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