Motherhood N 2

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Was photographed in London, but as Motherhood 1 was photographed in Jerusalem and they are related by subject it takes place here.

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Beautiful capture, Pnina. I like the scene, details, colors and DOF. Good shot! Warm regards

Your Jerusalem pictures are some of the most fascinating ones to me revealing not only the place but also giving us glimpses of the people that inhabit this sacred city. These are not mere snapshots but visual essays.

 

This is a dynamic composition with the three characters in a triangular formation. . The little boy's excitement is evident without even looking at his face with the mother's hand in front of him suggesting restraint.

THIS IS LOVELY PNINA.

David, and Alec, for your nice comments.

 

Adan, thanks for your wide evaluation on both, as they are "talking" of the same subject. in the details I wrote that this one was taken in London,which I have visited recently.It was my fault not mention it in my preface. I have corrected it now.

 

In both cases I wanted to show the strong difference of women's way of life and customs on one hand, and the motherhood on the other. Both are women of our modern times.... (this one is a reloaded photo). I hope this one and the previous one will be a thought provoking duo.

Pnina, no,doubt about what you write. Your images make me ponder and admire the thought behind capturing an image.

A beautifull storytelling picture, everything is right in this picture.... with love Els (I just came from holiday in Portugal, you know the country I did live for 5 years)

Estupenda toma y momento captado,con una luz,tonos y detalle sensacional.

 

Un cordial saludo -Tolo.

No matter where, the love is there. Great grouping, Pnina.

Amal, Elsi, Tolo and Margaret.

Thanks all of you, very much appreciated

 

Margaret, you are right that motherhood is universal, BUT not the status of women.

 

I belong to a world wide women Org.

BTW founded in Oakland USA, in 1921 to develop the status of working women , and it is a long time that one of this organization important aims is to work for better the status of women in many places of the world. Women are still in difficult situations, under represented, and under privileged all around the globe, NOT connected to motherhood....

 

I'm against ANY kind of discrimination! religious racism , or any other form of it, and I'm pro women liberation.

 

This photo was deleted sometime ago as the discussion was not taking the right turn, so it is uploaded again, but my message then and now ,(Motherhood N 1 as well) did not change.

I'm still drawn to her eyes, watchful. I wonder what choices her children will make. Or will have.

ah yes.. one of my favorites...I will abstain from further comment this time around albeit I am tempted :-)

The triangle theme that is set in motion on the larger scale by the women and two children, following through in descending order to the shawl ,the extended elbow and finally the burka over her face, pulls me into the scene and bring me to the central point of the image... her eye. With a single eye being the only bit of facial expression visible amongst all three of them , that eye has to speak for everyone and it does have a lot to say.

 

I like the narrow dof and the sharpness of the focus on the women. The woman's hand and the outstretching hand of the child seem to locked together in a familiar gesture that the boy can comprehend from the simple wave of a hand. The woman's posture and her gaze are protective as if she is scouting the road ahead before preceding.

 

 

Lovely!!!

 

Alberto

Mothers are mothers no matter whaere they come from.

like the previous photo, this is both familiar and foreign. i find it interesting that while the mother is totally covered, her daughter is wearing contemporary clothing. i wonder, is there a certain age when the veil is imposed?

Jeff, in both scene of motherhood ,the children ( girls for sure) , most of them ,has a path that is dictated by religious rigid rules and customs ,as well as education, and imposed by men of the religious hegemony. Women mostly does not has a say, a will of their own.

 

 

Thank you Meir, I have uploaded it again as I myself as a woman has a lot to say in this subject.

 

Thanks Alberto for your comment.

 

 

Bob, yes,motherhood is motherhood, but behind the mother there is a woman which in many places in the word has not an equal value as the men has....Discriminated, under privileged,illiterated because they are denyed learning to write and read...... and has a very law status.!

 

Gord

 

"Her eye. With a single eye being the only bit of facial expression visible amongst all three of them , that eye has to speak for everyone and it does have a lot to say."

 

Yes, her eye is telling a lot. I think you have understood the wider context of the two photos. Living in the Middle East , as well as being a part of a women Org. (Which I wrote about in the upper part) I wanted to upload the duo photos to be thought provoking subjects. Behind being a mother there is a woman/human being.

As I wrote before there is a lot to do to better the status of women in many parts of the world, and their fight for being liberated from the religious tyranny and discrimination.

 

Linda, it start relatively early. It is familiar and also very different to you, as it is also in the news ( like in France the government does not want the girls coming to school with a burka, also here, girls from an early age in the very religious parts of the country are covered with long clothes( not face though)

 

Women that fight to rebel the situation,are many times endangered and outcasted from their family and community.

Great capture

 

Pnina, in some ways I like this one even better, at least where the overall composition with the kids is concerned. These are very special shots on a theme that means so much to all of us.

 

--Lannie

The most wonderful thing about this site is what I learn, and it is not all photography. Thank you Pnina.

Thanks Drago

 

Lannie,

"These are very special shots on a theme that means so much to all of us. "

 

I appreciate your taking the time ;-)) you have well "framed" the subject in one sentence.

 

 

Margaret, thanks for your follow up, yes, we learn of human life through photography here,but for sure not only photography..

 

Lovely series, Pnina. I really like your warm approach and sensitive capture of the atmosphere. So much more comforting than what you usually get in the news...

A fascinating city where time has a very different flow than in any other place: it seems to accumulate so that the past is a misnomer there as it all stays with the present.

Best Regards, Tibi

Hi Pnina, I sure would think this young mother gets very hot on summer days.;......Jim

Tibi, thanks for commenting in general on this series.. You are right that Jerusalem with its past history. lives in the very present.....

( btw, I don't know if you have remarked it , but Motherhood 2 was photographed in London lately, not in Jerusalem, but the connection is there....;-))

 

Jim, glad to see you here. Let me tell you that feeling hot is only one parameter....

 

I hope you are feeling better.I wish you to.