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I am slightly in awe of photographer Elinor Carucci who has captured her experience of motherhood in a series of candid snaps for her new book, Mother. What I love about her images is that they offer a beautiful slant on everyday moments that we all experience as a parent – including tears and tantrums, rushing on the school run, brushing our children’s hair or just lazing around on the bed.
Spanning from Elinor’s pregnancy in 2004, through induction, first hold of Eden in the theatre, the reality of breastfeeding twins, difficult bathtimes, the
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children arguing, family hugs and more, the pictures follow Elionor and her children up to 2012.
This snapshot of motherhood is gloriously gritty and compelling. The pictures are great because they reflect the kind of small but amazing things that happen in families each and every day. These seemingly innocuous moments that make up our fabric of life – some of them good, some of them bad, some of them perfect, some just okay, and all of them wonderfully important.
See some of these pics in the flesh, plus photos by 7 other photographers in Home
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Truths: Photography, Motherhood and Identity exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery in London until January 14th.
Discover more by Elinor Carucci here
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Molly Gunn - 3 Dec 13
I am slightly in awe of photographer Elinor Carucci who has captured her experience of motherhood in a series of candid snaps for her new book, Mother. What I love about her images is that they offer a beautiful slant on everyday moments that we all experience as a parent – including tears and tantrums, rushing on the school run, brushing our children’s hair or just lazing around on the bed.
Spanning from Elinor’s pregnancy in 2004, through induction, first hold of Eden in the theatre, the reality of breastfeeding twins, difficult bathtimes, the children arguing, family hugs and more, the pictures follow Elionor and her children up to 2012.
This snapshot of motherhood is gloriously gritty and compelling. The pictures are great because they reflect the kind of small but amazing things that happen in families each and every day. These seemingly innocuous moments that make up our fabric of life – some of them good, some of them bad, some of them perfect, some just okay, and all of them wonderfully important.
See some of these pics in the flesh, plus photos by 7 other photographers in Home Truths: Photography, Motherhood and Identity exhibition at The Photographer’s Gallery in London until January 14th.
Discover more by Elinor Carucci here
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Molly Gunn is the Curator of Goodness at Selfish Mother, a site she created for likeminded women in 2013. Molly has been a journalist for over 15 years, starting out on fashion desks at The Guardian, The Telegraph & ES Magazine before going freelance in 2006 to write for publications including Red, Stella, Grazia, Net-A-Porter and ELLE. She now edits Selfish Mother and creates #GoodTees which are sold via TheFMLYStore.com and John Lewis and have so far raised £650K for charity. Molly is mother to Rafferty, 5, Fox, 3 and baby Liberty. Molly is married to Tom, aka music producer Tee Mango and founder of Millionhands. They live, work and play in Somerset.
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