In an age where social media and technology provide us with constant opportunities to take and retake photos, add filters, edit flaws and present an often unrealistic image of ourselves and our lives as mothers, we set out to create a series of real-life motherhood moments – without the filters, without the edits, but with all the beauty.
This is Carmel.
In her words:
We have had the lovely posed family photos in the past. However, that is not parenting. That is not every day life. My house is beautiful behind the mess of toys, my children are amazing behind their crying, and I am beyond dedicated to them behind my insane work schedule. I am a self-employed mom, trying to live my dream while not isolating and completely ruining my children! My eldest daughter, Eva (age 5), has Down Syndrome. She is so beautiful and so frustrating at times. As a parent of a special needs child, there is a need to always put on a brave face in public. At home, it is more real, more raw, in both good ways and bad.