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Mom & Dad – Alexis Vasilikos

These photographs speak of intimacy, of the delicate nearness between seeing and letting go. Artist : Alexis Vasilikos Series :…
I Watched My Mother Cry – Imdad Barbhuyan

Rooted in the deeply personal, this series meditates on the intimate bond between motherhood and our planet. It invites reflection…
Härmä / Hoar – Utu-Tuuli Jussila

She had early-stage Alzheimer’s disease, which is why she occasionally imagined that strangers visited the yard or the basement. Artist…
ARE WE THERE – Jenni Toivonen

In revisiting the location her grandparents had inhabited, she strove to experience a shimmer of the utopia Uuskallio spoke of…
’OM (MOTHER) – Barbara Debeuckelaere

’Om (Mother) is a collaborative photography projectby Barbara Debeuckelaere (BE) and all the women of eight families from Tel Rumeida in…
Echoes of the Past – Zhaoyang Chen

Built on archival research and grounded in personal memory—not only my own family’s historical ties to the Third Front, but…
Two Minutes up the Hill – Jamie Salmons

Everyone has a ‘hill’ in their life. For me, my experience of loss brought a sense of spirituality, and I…
Home Away From Home – Hiba Dahibi

Home Away From Home is a photographic journey around the question of mourning. How does one go on living with…
Where it is still warm – Efstathia Flokatoula

At lunchtime, it was forbidden to leave the houses. One day, we quietly took the big plastic table and carried…
Breaking the mirror – Katya Yadrishchenskaya

In this project Breaking the mirror I explore separation from my twin sister – the process of finding independence from…
The Great Room – Katherine Hubbard

Hubbard uses performance and domestic architecture to explore grief, motherhood, queerness and the labour of caregiving. Artist : Katherine Hubbard…
CONSTELLATIONS – Claire Legrand Loyola

“What were these albums hiding from me? What do they reveal about my relationship with family?” Artist: Claire Legrand Loyola Project:…
FROM ONE INNOCENT LOOK – Lydia Toivanen

“My nuclear family consists of fourteen people, parents and twelve children. Our extended family has a total of 182 one-on-one…
“HAUSE” SPIELE – Natali Agrzykova

“The aim of this project is to express through photography the adaptation to new conditions and to a foreign home.”…
A TEAR FOR SOMEONE UNDESERVING – Sunniva Hestenes

“An emotional terrain shaped by grief, complexity, and family tensions is visualised in a story marked by loss, substance abuse,…
JULIAN & JONATHAN – Sarah Mei Herman

“Jonathan is 21-years younger than me, and my childhood memories of my relationship with my father have since found echoes…
MY EYES SEE IN THE DARK – Natalie Stanczak

“My eyes see in the dark.I think I’m trying to understand or learn. Un-learn.I think it has something to do…
NOW IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME – Peter Pflügler

“This project started out as an investigation into the traces of a well-kept family secret. While I was revisiting my…
CLOSE TO THE GROUND, FAR FROM HEAVEN – Michal Adamski

“There are places in which most of us are usually not interested. If you want to get there you need…
IN A CONDITION OF NO LIGHT – Alana Perino

“There are some instances in the work when I look at an image and see my mother. There are others…
in conversation with ISA RUS

“As I embarked on this journey of motherhood, I found myself increasingly disillusioned with the portrayal of motherhood in mainstream…
MOTHER HOODS – Anaïs Kugel

« Nobody told me you might need a secret place where you can scream. » – Hollie McNish, Nobody Told Me …
DORMANT SEASON – Erinn Springer

“Created with her family and strangers, the resulting series depicts the contrasts of the modern midwest where everyday occurrences get…
NEW MOONS – Ada Marino

“How do girls and women constitute their experienced world through their movement and orientation in places? What are some of…
THE ATTACHMENT THEORY – Jacopo Papucci

“The Attachment Theory seeks to unravel the multifaceted connections between, childhood traumas, alienation, mental health struggles, and isolation in adult…
HEIMA/T – Marzena Skubatz

“Heima/t is the last look at a time full of deprivation, of loss in both senses, of home in Germany…
ICH DENKE AUCH FAMILIENBILDER – Linn Schröder

“Family pictures are photographs that help us remember and often even create memories. They can also be images that only…