When photography started, it was just the art of freezing time.
When a little life suddenly appears, dreaming a sweet dream in the mother's belly, the whole family will be crazy about this surprise.
Taking pregnant photos and full-moon photos has long been a common practice, and all kinds of creative ideas for parents and mothers are also emerging in endlessly.
However, as a female photographer, Wang Xiaoqing from Taiwan, wants to use photos to record more than simple images.
Her work "Mother as the Creator" took a full 14 years and only took 9 pictures with her son.
At first glance, the picture seems very messy. In fact, every picture is a "picture in picture". The first picture of
was taken in 2001, the day before the expected delivery date.
has no beauty, no filters, and Wang Xiaoqing, who is about to become a mother, records all the blemishes and stretch marks all over his body.
On her belly, she signed "my belly mybaby Annie Wang, 4 Jan 2001"
In 2002, her son was 1 year old.
Mother and child press the shutter together to record their growth. The background is the photo of the day before the baby is born.
In 2003, his son learned to walk and run, and he broke his leg because of naughty and got a cast.
Wang Xiaoqing wrote in the photo comment: "My son's legs are made of plaster."
In 2004, he spent Christmas with his son. The son of
has reached the age that he likes to play, riding his own car every day, wanting to take risks.
In 2005, Wang Xiaoqing brought the 4.0 version of the parent-child photo, which was the essence of four years, to the exhibition site.
The 4-year-old son is already a little man, and he has the strength to help his mother set up the exhibition together.
As an artist, curation, exhibition and creation are Wang Xiaoqing's daily work.
In 2006, Wang Xiaoqing began to prepare for the exam.
obtained a PhD degree in artistic creation from the University of Bledon, UK while working hard. The son of
has learned how to draw with a pen. I don’t know how much his mother’s drawing talent has been inherited?
In 2010, after several years of turbulence, my mother finally got her PhD. The son of
has also reached school age, migrating, changing, and wandering.
In 2011, build dreams. The age of
son has reached double digits, and his mother began to teach him that in the barren reality, dreams are the light that guides your life path and allows you to have wings to fly. If you have a dream, you will not be afraid of the storm.
In 2014, the son was as tall as his mother.
has grown from a shaky little to the same height as her mother. The 14 years of time have been condensed into one photo.
This is a set of thick photos. The freeze frame is not only the moment when the photo is taken, but also the countless memories of the mother from pregnancy to parenting, which are the common growth of mother and child.
The creative idea of taking 9 photos in 2014 is cool!
Photographed by Wang Xiaoqing at "Taiwan Registration-2012 Taiwan Art Biennale", National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts.
's cool style "Mother is like a creator",
makes some people feel depressed and gloomy, black and white tones and serious expressions, both shocking and giving a sense of distance.
In fact, Wang Xiaoqing also has another group of works that record the growth of his son, "My son is as tall as me". The style is warm, relaxed and everyday.
In the lens, the son is standing on a rock, table, or various cushions, keeping the same height as his mother.
When mother and son look at each other on the same level and smile, thenThis kind of joy is the touch of blood connection between mother and child. In this way,
recorded the moments of roaming the mountains and rivers with his son, and the two words connected together are: grows .
What’s interesting is that the location of the last photo in this series is also the location of the last photo in the first group. This year, the son is finally as tall as his mother.
After 14 years, this work is completed.
Artists are always good at telling stories in uncommon lens language.
Wang Xiaoqing also recorded that the child formed a series of photos from being in the mother's belly, to being as big as the mother's belly, until exceeding the length of the mother's belly.
Growth is an abstract word, but photographers will make them intuitive.
Many women give up their identity after becoming pregnant and become xx mothers.
In fact, apart from the identity of mother, every mother should also be independent and grow up with her child. The duty of
mother is not "sacrifice" but "creation".
What encourages every mother to record parent-child photos is always the joy of being a new mother, and the joy of raising children gradually.
do you think it’s cool?
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images from the artist's official web
artanniewang.weebly.com
Author: RORO (original)
