Mother
Added 2021-10-17 06:23:25 +0000 UTCIt is true
I was created in you.
It is also true
That you were created for me.
I owned your voice.
It was shaped and tuned to soothe me.
Your arms were molded
Into a cradle to hold me, to rock me.
The scent of your body was the air
Perfumed for me to breathe.
– from a poem about motherhood by Maya Angelou (1928–2014)
PHOTO: Pregnancy is when women who have never done nudes before will often decide they want to shoot nudes. Their body is undergoing such immense transformations, it is natural to want to create a record of that change. I have often observed a certain degree self acceptance and grounding that seems to come with pregnancy. I see this calm confidence radiating out in many of the pregnancy images I have captured.
