International
Women's Day brought together Doris, a counselor and Nancy, a teacher,
for our annual Champagne Breakfast. To sit at their table and experience
their mutual delight brought me (and my camera) great pleasure.
"Doris and Nancy belongs in spirit to my recent project Giving
Birth is Just the Beginning: Women Speak about Mothering / Donner naissance
n'est qu'un début: Les femmes parlent de la maternité,
in which images and text are combined in a dialogue about the work of
mothering. Drawn from my interview/discussions with the women of my
photographs, the text expands on often joyous and loving moments by
pointing to complex social/personal issues not addressed by the still
photograph. That text is understood in the image of "Doris and
Nancy," where mother and child connect into adulthood.