Friday, October 9, 2015

The Mother And Child In Art

Looking back through the history of art one of the most common themes (in various forms) is the mother and child. The theme being, the all encompassing love a mother feels for her child. This is such a noble subject, such in important story to tell. That is why it is revisited over and over again through the history of art.

I want to concentrate on finding and making an important mother and child photograph, something that will homage to love and motherhood. That search continues this coming photo trip.

Tomoko Uemura In Her Bath, 1971 by W. Eugene Smith
Migrant Mother" Florence Owens Thompson 32, Feb/March 1936 by Dorothea Lange
"The Pieta" sculpture by Michelangelo Buonarroti sculpture
Mother and child at the Korem camp, Ethiopia 1984 by Sebastiao Salgado
Mother and child with handkerchief by Pablo Picasso 1903
Sien nursing baby by Vincent Van Gogh 1882