The days are long, but the years are short…
I was perusing through my Southern Living magazine this month and came across an American Express advertisement featuring one of my favorite personalities, Tina Fey. The ad featured a frazzled Tina Fey with her children in the kitchen and seemingly every object in their home scattered around them. Although this was a staged advertisement and maybe not even really her life, I connected and empathized with her expression and wrecked home (way to go, AmEx marketing!). I started thinking about how this could easily be the home of my clients and friends with young children and decided I wanted to capture that moment! I instructed my volunteers to simply gather some of their every day items and chose a spot in the house they frequent most with their children. We let the children pick their outfits and do whatever they wanted for the picture. I also told each mom to pretend they were 18 looking into the future at this photograph and got some great reactions. I truly enjoyed photographing this “Project Mom” series and hope you love our pictures of everyday life!
A Mother is she who can take the place of all others but whose place no one else can take. -Cardinal Merimillod
Happy Mother’s Day.
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**UPDATE: This project was featured on al.com (Birmingham News online) and was printed as a spread in the Sunday, May 11th Birmingham Newspaper! Find the online article here.
