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For the past few years, photographer Jenny Lewis has been documenting those precious moments when a mother and her newborn first bond. In her book, One Day Young, she shares five years’ worth of portraits of mothers and children in East London—taken within 24 hours of the child’s birth.
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“I wanted to tell a story about the strength and resilience of women post-childbirth that I feel goes largely unacknowledged in today’s world,” Lewis says on her site.
Some images show a joyful mother in a gentle, sweet embrace with child; others show a weary but enamored mother and child. The series has changed Lewis’s life, as she tells My Modern Met:
“It’s been quite a journey, and I must say, I have learned so much from meeting all these women at such a dramatic time. It makes me think of the of midwives who witness this moment on a daily basis. The wisdom and stories they must gather along the way must be infinite. I have only encountered a tiny fraction of what they must see. My life attitude, just five years ago, seems so remote to the way I think now. Working on this project has certainly jolted me and my priorities and I am very grateful for the slap in the face it has given me and the seismic shift from selfishness to being more interested in other people’s stories rather than concentrating on whats affecting my life. Women rock… and we shouldn’t forget it.“
One Day Young by Jenny Lewis is published and available for purchase at Hoxton Mini Press.
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(h/t: my modern met)
