reBIRTH

Before I became a mother, I used myself as a subject in my photographs frequently— mostly because I was around and I had the time. After becoming a mother, my focus shifted rapidly. I was rarely in my photographs as it was a challenge to decipher the new balance between artist and mother, and, truthfully, I don’t think I would have recognized myself even if I was in the frame. I realize now that the reason I felt as though I didn’t know myself, was because my soul was in the process of evolving into a new being. I was in between stages of life— an interlude. These works titled “reBirth”, are meant to represent the transformative process of becoming a mother. The same amniotic sacs that housed my children in my body envelope me as I am immersed in the waters of motherhood, becoming saturated in the motions— soon to be born again a new soul.