So how do we make peace with our “sister lives”? How do we salute them from shore, and then enjoy the one we received? Nataliya offers us sage advice. “We must focus on what we do have," she says, “and not what we don’t.” In her case, she focuses on the blessing of having a daughter to share conversations, board games, TV shows, and laughter with. As well as the capacity to pursue her own talents and skills (she’s an incredible photographer).
Read More“Not sure if it’s a mom thing or just an us thing, but I find that 99% of the time, I’m the one behind the camera, on the outside,” she said. “It feels luxurious to be in the moment, in the photo with the people I love most.” -Courtney
Read MoreA series of photographs and words about what it is like to be a mother during a pandemic, isolated at home. How we are feeling with so much change and so many fears. By photographing mothers through the window, I aimed to explore that feeling of being needed and wanted all the time as a mother, which is amplified during this pandemic. The physicality of the everyday with young kids. The two sides that each moment brings of being so loved and in love with your family, and wanting an escape. The mundane things that you have to do over and over. The beautiful things that have come from a forced togetherness.
Over the past 12 weeks I spoke with and interviewed both mothers I photographed and mothers who are a part of my community and life. The following is what they had to say:
Read MoreElise was my muse I awkwardly asked to model for me when I started my business, she grew into a client, and really turned into a close friend. She is on the front line of who I call when I start to doubt all of my abilities as a mother. One of the first friends I made outside of my PEPS group, I freakin love her. On top of everything she has a mix of chic and boho style that I adore. Her answers to the motherhood questions are so thoughtful. When she emailed them to me I wrote her back telling her they made me want to slow down and reexamine a few things.
Read MoreI am so honored to share Jayme’s motherhood story today. She is still relatively new to this whole mom thing, but she is obviously an incredibly thoughtful and loving mom. Her birth story and the way she overcame the trauma is inspiring and incredible. I was so happy to have her and Ezra (OMG HE IS SO CUTE) to the studio in Seattle a few months ago.
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