Family
It’s been awhile since I’ve made any photographs of my family but this afternoon I started photographing my mom again. I like most of the photographs I make of my family. There is a certain comfort and honesty I am able to create when I photograph them. I believe it’s expressed during and through the created photographs.
Pictured is my mom floating in our pool. Some days upon returning home from work she floats in the pool and either reads, naps, or does both. I see the pool as a place of meditation for her; a place of peace. If you think about it, we begin our lives in a water-filled sac, the womb, and maybe that’s why many of us like being in water so much.
She always looks so at ease when I photograph her in the pool. I like seeing her at ease, relaxed, and restful. She always looks youthful during these times.
It’s ironic, I suppose. When I’m searching for my own peace I sometimes find and see it in others.
Mom in Pool, Syracuse, New York, 2009