Do you remember being pregnant? Are you pregnant now? What did (does) it feel like? What emotions did (do) you feel? (comment below – I’d love to hear!)
My mother couldn’t understand why I photograph pregnant women – until she saw this image. Think of all the emotions surrounding pregnancy. They run the gamut from excitement and joy to fear and uncertainty. So much is out of our control. But we have hope – hope for a healthy child and mom; hope for more love than we can even imagine; hope for a new family; hope for a new way to be in the world.
To me, maternity images also represent hope for the world – hope for new life, a new generation, an innocence and purity and love that can change the world and that brings meaning to all our lives. A hope that conquers our fears.
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