Maternidad

A print of Picasso’s painting ‘Maternidad’ (in extras) hangs in our bedroom. I fell in love with this when we saw it in the Picasso Museum in Barcelona some years ago.  I love its tenderness and vulnerability, the mother protecting her child. It dates from 1903, but, of course, it’s timeless. 

Not surprising, then, that over the years I have become rather obsessed with taking photographs of mothers and their children. Strong, hard-working women, shy but proud, going about their day-to-day lives while tenderly caring for their children - or grandchildren in the case of the tattooed Chin lady on the far right. 

And so, today, I’ve included just a few in a Mother’s Day blip celebrating just that -  ‘Maternidad’.



Mother
The water of her womb, your first home.
The body she pulled apart to welcome you to the world.
The spirit in you she helped grow with all she knew.
The heart that she gave you when yours fell apart.
You are her soft miracle.
So she gave you her eyes to see the best in the worst.
You carry your mother in your eyes.
Make her proud of all she watches you do.


Nikita Gill