In honor of MothersDay, take a look at some of these powerful submissions to the Eye Mama project, launched to collect stories of motherhood during the pandemic
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.
Hanny Hsian nurses her son after a birthday party in May 2021. “A house full of little kids, running around laughing,” she marvels. “Looking back at these pictures, it’s bizarre to see us all without masks and very little fear of COVID.”Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.During the pandemic, Atikah Zata Amani worried about her daughter Aluna, “the one very active child who loves to be around other people.
German photographer Sarah Pabst nurses her newborn son, Lucio, while her daughter, Elena, lies behind her. Pabst took this photograph in July 2021 in her family’s temporary home near Cologne, Germany. “We had decided to escape the rising Covid-19 curve in our home country of Argentina for our son to be born in Germany,” she says.
Bri McDaniel was in the process of weaning her two-year-old daughter when she took this self portrait. “Breastfeeding and weaning during the pandemic is not for the faint of heart,” she says. “At that time I realized that we just needed to establish a new way to connect.”Please be respectful of copyright. Unauthorized use is prohibited.
“I made this photograph after my daughter recovered from her first illness,” says Nigerian photographer Dola Posh. “As a new mom, I didn’t know how to help her feel better.” When a friend passed away, “I forgot to mourn because I was lost and learning how to be a mom.” To Posh, this image encompasses the experience of being a mother: “There is tiredness in the eyes, exhausted but finding the balance and being present for your child.”Please be respectful of copyright.
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