100 Visions of Parenthood
June 23, 2021 5:33 AM   Subscribe

A collection of photographs and words celebrating the complexities of motherhood and fatherhood (via Kottke).
posted by Stark (3 comments total) 11 users marked this as a favorite
 
These are so cool and so many are very beautiful.

Looking at the motherhood ones. My favorite so far is

“My son asks me, ‘why you always at kitchen?’
I answer: ‘Good question.'” – Li Lin-Liang


It shows a messy kitchen with the mother's image faded out - to me, she's doing endless thankless labor and she's neither here, nor there, just in an in-between state going from task to task. Also, when she's in the kitchen she's not present to her son. That's my interpretation, because...it's my experience. So it really revealed that to me.
posted by kitcat at 9:27 AM on June 23, 2021 [1 favorite]


I love this. The very first motherhood image caption ends "I am my own ruler in the dark." I'm not sure what meaning I am pulling from it but I'll be turning it over for a while I think.

The fertility goddess (using mirrors and zucchinis) is a very cool idea. I like that she took a maternity photo and added mythology.

Early in the fatherhood photos is a group of Black men dancing with a child. I often notice how easily women incorporate babies and children into female-female relationships, but that seems to be much less common for men. It happens more when children are older and can do a specific activity - attend a professional sporting event, for example. This photo and caption were striking for that reason.

From the motherhood page: Surface Tension - I love the composition! Beautiful photo.
posted by Emmy Rae at 10:28 AM on June 23, 2021


These are all really great. The fatherhood one notably has a pretty cute celebrity cameo, and a photo of a husband supporting his wife while in the middle of delivering twins that's... really fucking real.
posted by Alex404 at 12:32 PM on June 23, 2021 [1 favorite]


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