Year FIVE of the 30 Strangers Portrait Project and fundraiser is about to begin. Once again, we’ll be doing portraits of mothers and daughters (2, 3, or 4 generations–crossing my fingers for 5) and raising money for the Center for Women and Children in Crisis.
What is 30 Strangers??
A Justin Hackworth Photography project. It works like this. For the entire month of June 2012, I will make a portrait of a mother and daughter every day. 30 portraits – 30 days. The $250 session fee is waived. Instead, well ask participants to donate $50 to the Center for Women and Children in Crisis, in Provo. Then, in September, we’ll have an exhibit and you’re all invited.
Update – Thanks so much for all the great stories. We’ll be reading through them as fast as we can and making the selections very soon.
Pick me! Pick me! Pick me! How do I get picked??
Hold on, tiger. I’d love to pick you, so please leave a comment on this blog post. Keep in mind, there are some guidelines. Please read carefully.
- Tell us why you’re a great fit for the project. It might include the following: 1) the interesting, compelling story of your mother/daughter relationship, triumphs, happy times…
2) how many generations you can bring - If possible (but not a deal breaker) we’d love to include some ethnic diversity for this year’s project, so if that describes you, please mention it.
- It’s not called 30 Strangers for nothing. To participate, you and I must have never met. Although we’ll be strangers when I photograph you, I certainly hope we don’t remain that way. Part of what makes this project great is the new friends I get to meet.
- Also, we’re looking for people that are age 6 to 108. Why not under the age of 6? Too fidgety. Why not over 108? There are some stairs to my office. (Well, there’s also an elevator).
- When you leave a comment on the blog, be sure to include your email address. Don’t worry. Your email won’t show up for all to see, but I’ll be able to see it and get a hold of you if (when!) you are selected.
- Very important – Please mention 3 days that will work best for you, that will really help me out when coming up with a schedule. Remember, this is for June 2012.
- Most portrait sessions will take place at 4:00pm each day at my studio in Provo.
- We welcome out-of-towners! In the last couple of years, about half of the participants came from outside Utah. Howdy, stranger.
Then what happens?
From the comments, we’ll pick 2012’s 30 Strangers. You have until April 30 at midnight to comment. If you are selected, we’ll email you and you must respond to my email within two days to confirm your day and time.
Final details?
Please don’t say your mom can come until after you’ve checked with her (speaking from experience, here). We want to make sure you understand the guidelines and that you have all the info you’ll need. If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact me.
What do I get out of it?
I’m glad you asked. You’ll be part of this historic project and donating to a good cause. You’ll experience an artistic, professional portrait session with the most important people in your life. I’ll create something personal and unique that will become more important to you over time. Your portrait will be part of an exhibit that will take place in September 2012 at Brigham Young University. Each session will receive one signed 8×10 fine art print and further prints will be available for purchase.
If you have additional questions, some of them may be answered here. If you don’t see the answer there, don’t hesitate to contact me.
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Dude. I have been waiting for this all year, and the year before that, and the year before that. Pick us! Chinese-American-Californian-LDS-blogger-giggler-food-loving Momma. Cheers!!!
We would love to be a part of this project! I have a great grandma, grandma, mom, and daughter combo (I’m the mom) that I would love to bring. It would be a great post Mother’s Day gift! My grandma (the great grandma in our line up) struggles with early stages of dementia and it would be great to get a photo of all the generations as we have all supported each other through ups and downs in the past few years. My daughter shares a special bond with her grandma and it would be great to have that captured for this project as well. We are not too diverse but some of us have blonde hair, some have brown, and some a mix!
My mom, affectionately known as Lucy even though her real name is Lois, is my best friend. When I was 5, she was diagnosed with an auto-immune disease and has been battling for the past 29 years. She has taught me strength, grace, and how to truly live, even when our circumstances may not be ideal or what we imagined our life would be like. The following quote reminds me of my mom. “I dreamed dreams. And I think I dreamed them into children…and the children are carrying them out…doing all the things I wanted to and couldn’t.” Bess Streeter Aldrich
I would love my mom and I(and possible my sister-if there is time) to be part of this project!
My daughter an I are as opposite as they come!!! I’m east Indian brown skin and dark features. She is a perfect hybrid of Indian and Irish , fair skin and beautiful features. The differences don’t stop there. I am a complete extrovert never meeting a stranger. She is quiet and subdued . I love dressing in Jcrew and she is in love with tie die and beads! Getting a mental picture here?? We would love to take part in this!
My grandmother (78), I(26), and my 9 month daughter would be the ones to be a part of this shoot. My grandmother and I share a name, and have fun similarities like a similar body type, same mouth, similar heights, and the list continues. Instead of getting to take care of my parents when they get old, the plan since I’ve been born was that I’d take care of my grandma when she got old, and I’m looking forward to it! We aDORe your photography and would love to be a part of your project!
I already know you, but if I didn’t, I’d really want to be part of your project. Well, I do anyway, but that’s against the rules. I like the clever way you write.
Our story is somewhat unique, and completely lovely.
When my mother was married she quickly found out that they were unable to have children of their own and turned to adoption. That is where I come into play. After 10 long years of waiting my grandmother called from Germany to tell my mom that she knew a young woman there looking to give her child up for adoption. It was an answer to many prayers. When I was born, my mom flew over to Germany to get me, with my grandmother only a few flights behind her. The 3 of us have been inseparable since.
I’m always asked if I want to find my “real” mother, and while I’ll always have a special place for her in my heart, I already know my “real” mother. I was truly meant to be in the family with these two amazing women.
Hi Justin,
I’d like to “apply” for your latest 30 in 30 project. I am currently expecting (about 5 ½ months this week) and would love to share this experience with my mother and future daughter. (Yes, it’s a girl!) My mom (mid 40s) and I (mid 20s) would be part of the shoot, but as my mom’s mother has passed, we could also bring my paternal grandmother (mid-70s)… We are all available anytime after the 10th of June. We would be traveling to Provo from Texas, Georgia and Florida, but look forward to participating in the project and the great cause (the travel isn’t a problem, I already checked)! As I have grown up and moved states and countries with my parents, and as with my mom before me, and now with my own family, this would be a fun way to have us come together across the generations and from all areas of the US.
I look forward to hearing from you!
Paige
PS. My paragraph was 155 words. Sorry. ?
My husband and I have been married for almost 14 years. We were unable to have any children of our own. We had adopted two children when we found out that my husband would need a kidney transplant. In July of last year, we got a surprise phone call from our 2nd son’s birthmother. She had another boy she wanted us to adopt. We brought him home from the hospital and two weeks later, discovered that we were pregnant! What does this have to do with my mother? Well, with two boys, a newborn, a surprise pregnancy, and a kidney transplant to prepare for, we needed help. We turned to my parents and they opened their home to us and our crazy life. My husband received his new kidney on Feb 3rd, 2012. I was 30 weeks pregnant. I gave birth to our 4th son on April 10, 2012. My mother has been my rock. I will never be able to truly show her how thankful I am.
I am the child of my mother’s old age – born just before her 43rd birthday. Because I was the youngest by 12 years, many people thought that a) she was my grandmother and b) that I didn’t have older brothers and sisters (I have 5). Still, looking back she has always been my biggest champion, my loudest cheering section, and my best friend. She lives in Florida so I don’t get to see her as often as I’d like and at age 77 she’s the picture of health, vibrancy and love. And even though I have 3 sons, I hope one day to have the kind of relationship with my daughter that I have with her.
I just need to get advance notice by a couple weeks, but I am pregnant with a little girl. I also have my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. Even though the little one in my tummy isn’t born yet she will be number 5 in the generations. I also have a little girl that is a year and a half, and the joy of my life! I would love to be part of this project and take a fun trip with all of us girls!
Justin-
This is why I wish I had not met you:)….yet. ( I have 4 unique daughters.)
Your 30 Strangers Project is just wonderful and the portraits honest and beautiful.
Looking forward to this year’s addition.
Congrats on all your recent publications. Stop getting too famous already:)
I am adopted. My adopted mother and family and I have an amazing story. My in-laws added a whole new dimension of amazing human beings. You name it, we’ve made it through. Ethnic diversity? I’ve been asked my entire life “what’s your ethnicity? what’s your nationality?”. I look Latin-American, Asian, Persian, and more. I’ve never traced the heritage of my biological parents. I may never. Does my ethnicity define me? I like to think it doesn’t. I want to believe it won’t. I choose to live a life in which I don’t need that to establish a connection with people. If I’m (insert nationality) do we have more in common than if I’m (insert ethnicity)? What if I am not what you want to believe that I am? My ethnic diversity is: “Chooses not to know”. There’s more to my story than my biological parents’ ancestry.
I also have a lovely step-daughter who is unbelievably resilient! She’s incredibly talented. I am not sure yet what dates yet are good for me in June. Also, this may disqualify me but: where’s Provo?
My family is extremely compact in its generations. My grandmother is the age of most of my friends’ parents. I am the oldest of eight children; there is almost as much of an age gap between my youngest sister and me as there is between my mom and me. My mom is a remarkable woman. She started her own business around twenty years ago to help supplement the family income, but has never let it interfere with raising her children. She is still running her business and is currently working on getting the bachelor’s degree she always regretted not having. My grandmother is a retired truck driver.
I realize I have met you, but hope my story will be enough to compell you to pick us. My daughter is my everything. This past year we have emerged from our personal hell. I was married for eight years. My daughter revealed to me that my husband, her step father, had been sexually molesting and eventually raping her for over three years. I immediately left my husband and turned him into the authorities. This past year I have been devoted my life to helping my daughter heal, seeking justice for the crime committed against her, trying to keep my business running, and trying to heal myself. Through all of this we have stayed close together and kept each other strong. I truly feel like her and I are perfect for this project. We are both survivors and know first hand what it is to be “women in crisis.” Anyways, hope we can be considered. Thanks!
I am the mother of 5. Four of my children are biologically mine. The 5th was adopted a year and a half ago. Almost 12 years ago my husband and I decided that although we couldn’t change the world, we could change the life of one child. We chose to adopt a little girl from China. We had to wait until we were both old enough to meet China’s requirements and in the meantime had all of our other children. Rui (we kept her Chinese name) was almost 8 when she came to our home after living her entire life in a Chinese orphanage. She is now our middle child and the sister that our oldest has been begging for.
The last week of June is best for us, but I will honestly make it work for any date!
I love everything about this concept and applaud you for your dedication and talent.
I come from a family history of losing Mothers at very young ages. Myself, my Mom and my Gran dma have all lost our Mother’s tragically to cancer before we had the chance to reach 30. My Mom just recently passed away in August. I was 5 months pregnant with my first daughter. She never got to meet her. Also, my Grandma, Mom, myself and now my daughter are the only girls in each family so we tend to establish very close bonds with our Mom’s which then are taken from us way too soon. Would love to be a part of this project with my 4 month old daughter. Praying I live a long life for her and we are best friends forever!
It is kind of painful to explain why this would be a wonderful healing opportunity but a photo of my mother with myself and my daughter would portray “forgiveness.” After abuse cycles through many generations, the cycle was broken and my daughter is the first generation of a new hope of women with self-esteem and endless possibilities. Challenging independent personalities clashed with old fashioned women in their place thinking. Experience and life hardships have forged forgiveness and finally unconditional love, it was a hard fought battle which has resulted in overwhelming love and joy in family relationships. I know this is vague but the details are too personal to share here. All I can say is, what happened in the past will remain in the past and our future is filled with appreciation of our posterity and hope for their happiness. At least 3 generations confirmed and possibly 4 with a firm date.
My ethnicity. I am an All-American mutt, Danish, English, Bavarian, Irish, Scottish and heavily American Indian. In fact I am the 13th ggrand daughter of Massasoit (the statue on the steps of the Utah capitol) he was the Wampanoag Indian Chief (Sachem) who was at the “official” first Thanksgiving. I have a rich heritage of patriots who fought in the American Revolution as well.
I can offer you four generations holding framed photos of four more: my grandmother turns 90 on June 27, and we see her as the link between the present and the past since she fondly remembers her own pioneer grandmothers. My grandmother comes from a long line of strong women, back to the first immigrant who left an abusive husband and sailed alone from England, and we see her as the matriarch of our Welch Women tribe today. With her, my mother, myself, and any/all of my three daughters ages 8-15, we would love to honor this milestone birthday through a generational portrait. Although flexible on dates, that last week of June (26, 27, 28) works well for us.
I would love to be picked for this project but I don’t have the most dramatic story. I have a grandmother, mother, (myself), and a daughter (well actually I have two) who can participate – 4 generations. My daughters are ages 12 and 9, I am (gasp) 36, my mother is 57, and my grandmother is …..around 80. My mother has endured a tough couple of years and would absolutely cherish this experience. We all definitely look like we are related so it would be an interesting photo of the four of us…kind of a snapshot of the same person at different stages in life. We have very dark hair but are just boring caucasian.
. So far, the month of June is pretty open so just give us a couple days notice and we should be able to accomodate. There is probably some clever or compelling story I could say to help you pick me but the bottom line is I would love to support the work you are doing. Thank you
“Please tell me this one’s a girl.” “Are you going to keep trying for that girl?” Questions I was asked nearly 100 times (yes, I kept track) while pregnant with my fifth son. Nearly everyone swears boys are easier, but having all boys has made me love my relationship with my mother even more.
Mom’s not a crier. This weekend I got to see her shed a (yes, a) tear as she retired from 18 years of singing with the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. We let the kids split open a baseball piñata to celebrate, and mom got her picture taken with President Thomas Monson, but a picture with her daughter might even rank higher on her list of prized possessions.
Mom lives in Salt Lake City and I will be in town visiting from scorching hot Arizona from June 1-8 and could come to Provo any of those days. We may be able to convince 86 year-old Grandma Gibson to come from Hurricane Utah if we’re chosen. robynbarker@gmail.com
It may sound kitschy, but it is absolutely true that we stay together as we play together. Although our 4 generations span many different eras, we all love to come together to play whether that means playing games, doing art projects, swimming or dancing. At almost every party we have a dance and it includes everyone from my grandmother, in her 80s, my mother in her 50s, myself, in my 30s to my 7-yr-old daughter, and newborn daughter of 3 months. My grandmother still loves to go boogie-boarding at the beach, and sledding right alongside the littles. She shares her art studio with her kids and grandkids and plays boggle, spades or Scrabble for hours with he clan. From the oldest to the youngest there is a sense of being sisters even more than the relationships of great-grandmother, grandmothers, mothers, and daughters because of all the fun we have together.
We are Caucasian, all live in Utah, and are all available from June 11 thru june 20.
When my mom was 5 months pregnant with me, she was in Alaska, and actually thought she was miscarrying me. She called in for a plane to come and pick up her, little unborn me, my older brother Matthew, and others; and to take us to the main island so she could see the doctor. Well, on their way back to our island, the plane crashed into the mountain side. My mom and the group were stranded for three days and nights. My mom had broken her back, lost her short term memory, but she never gave up believing that someone would rescue us. The story gets better, but you’ll just have to invite us over to hear the rest
.. My mother has overcome many things, and I am proud to be her only daughter.
We are PROUD 3rd and 4th Generation Las Vegans, Caucasian, and are available May 15th – June 12th
I don’t really have a unique story to share, but I have one amazing mother. She has been a single mom raising three kids for 18 years now. She put herself through college and graduated last year with a double major in English and Art. I have always looked up to her for being such a strong, dedicated, hard working mother. Soon after graduating her mother suddenly passed away. My mom has always been single putting her children first and I would love to do this for her (and we have never had a professional photos taken before. She never could afford it.) She announced last week she is getting married to her old high school boyfriend! (Its about time!
) I am her only daughter and I have a daughter as well. She is 5 and will be 6 on July 8. June 17, 18, or the 20th would work.
I have two beautiful daughters who doctors told me that i would never have. i have been waiting all year for this! i would love some pictures of myself and girls especially since this past year has been rough on our little family. my husband is in the military and had to spend the past year away from us. it sure made us grow and bond together tightly and having a picture of them at this sweet age would be wonderful!
I come from a family of girls! This is perfect for us! My southern belle, firey red headed mom raised three girls as a single mother in a state where she had no family and knew no one. I have two daughters (ages 4 and 2) and my younger sister is raising her daughter (2 1/2) alone. Our youngest sister just moved to Brooklyn, where she is pursuing her dream in art. My mom is my hero, she is the strongest woman I know. She is constantly supporting us and encouraging us to follow our dreams. She has never missed a dance performance, soccer game or art exhibit of her three daughters or her three granddaughters.
We are available June 3-16
I’m a mother to three daughters (no sons), ages 9, 5 and 2. The oldest (the one whose age qualifies her for her project) is the most like me, physically—yes—but also in terms of personality. Sometimes as a result, of my three daughters, I can be the hardest on her, because her mistakes and worries are so familiar. But I’m also learning that she is not me. She’s better—she’s more pure, and more kind, probably smarter, more feisty. I think photography does such a great job of capturing those similarities and difference in a physical way. I’d love to be part of your project. The three best days for us are June 2, 9 and 23, but we can be available June 1-23.
Pick me!!!! I come with a 7 year old daughter and a 59 year old mother (I’m 30). I am not ethnically diverse (boring ole white bread) BUT my daughter is a lovely shade of carmel that she gets from my full-blooded hispanic husband. And seeing as I get half my genes from my mother, you can guess her ethnicity. My daughter makes up half of my first pregnancy as she shares a birthday with her twin brother and their story is quite amazing. They were born 3 1/2 months early, weighing only 2 lbs 7 oz and 2 lbs 1 oz and the odds were most definitely not in their favor. They spent just over 9 weeks in the hospital before being turned over to our care and my daughter came home with oxygen and heart/breathing monitors and a dim prognosis for her physical and mental development. I was told the odds were high for cerebral palsy, delays, autism, sickness, asthma, poor overall development, etc. Their first year is now one big fog of memories of therapy appointments, doctor visits, a severe lack of sleep, love, joy, worry, but most importantly, gratitude. Gratitude that they were alive and here and I was given the opportunity (however hard) to mother them. And 7 years later, that gratitude has not faded. I would have remained grateful for just the opportunity to be her mother no matter what the outcome but I can happily say that none (absolutely ZERO) of the aforementioned grim prognoses did not come to pass and so my gratitude is so much deeper for a loving Heavenly Father and the blessings of my life. To have a picture with this daughter and my mother, who supported me through all of it and has a very special bond with this daughter would be so incredibly awesome. I hope we can take part in this project
Oh how incredible would this opportunity be for me and my family! I have 4 generations that I would love to be a part of this amazing project. My Grandmother is 91, my mother is 62ish, I am 32 and my daughter is 7. My Grandma has dimensia and is forgetting me and her family more and more everyday. It breaks my heart. We are very close and it hurts to see her fading away. But you can still look into her bright beautiful eyes and her incredible smile and forget that and see her. My Mom and I are incredibly close and it would absolutely be a dream come true to document this moment in time of 4 amazing generations of women.
What an incredible experience!! My mom + grandma have both been such wonderful examples to me as I’ve grown up and become a mother myself. Both of these amazing ladies have suffered from cancer (breast + kidney) and they have both conquered it! Through their trials they have stayed strong and they are such pillars of strength to me. I look up to them in so many ways and they have always been very supportive of me throughout my life. We were all born + raised in Provo, Utah so how fitting would this be?? We can be there any day except June 5-9 (even though the last 2 weeks would be best). And, lastly, we’ll be bringing 3 generations. We could bring 4, but my daughter is only 1. Just saying… Thanks for this great opportunity!!
I would love to be a part of this project. I have four generations that can be in this picture. They are the women that have taught me the most important aspects of life- to give far more than your receive. They are selfless women who dedicate their time to their children, their children’s children, to their church, community, and their husbands. My Grandma raised her 3 younger siblings when her mother died, and she was just 16. She battled colon cancer. Raised a family and is now taking care of my ailing grandfather. My mother, impossible to put into words. Selfless is the word that best describes her. I was flat in bed for 6 months last year, very sick with pregnancy and she took over my other four children. My husband has nicknamed me “Marvill”. What a compliment! Marva is my grandmother and Jill is my mom.
My mom and I are best friends, and have been since I was in Jr. High. We used to sit on her bed every night and play a game before I went to bed. First it was Mancala, then Hand and Foot, and moved to other card games. The summer before my senior year of high school my dad received a job offer in Hawaii. Because of my involvement in school activities and tight knit group of friends, I didn’t want to leave (yes, I really wanted Utah over Hawaii). My mom and dad trusted me enough to stay behind and finish high school. We talked almost everyday on our new cell phones, this continues today – she still in Hawaii, me in Nebraska. We love our bond and I respect her even more as I have a beautiful daughter and son now.
The best days for us are June 1, 2, and 4. But if you wanted to do earlier in the week, late May, that’s even better for us (We are flexible though).
I have admired your pictures for a few years now. Thanks for the chance!
I would love to bring my mom. She has been battling cancer for 15 years. It started out as breast cancer, and has since spread to every part of her body. Lungs, brain, bones…everywhere. Through countless treatments and and the fear of never knowing if she will survive a specific bout, she has managed to stay the most positive, beautiful soul I’ve ever met. Never have I heard her complain, even though she deserves to. She lives life each day to the fullest and still manages to take care of all of us better than we could do for her. She is amazing and a hero to so many! I’m a photographer and documented one of her many rounds of cancer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do-qI2BiQLk
Oh yes, we could come anytime except the first week of June.
I would love to participate along with my mother and maternal grandmother. All of us girls have been very close because my Mother was a single Mom for most of my childhood. When she was busy, my Grandmother stepped in. Originally from Utah, I moved away to college at the age of 18 and really haven’t been back since then (I live in Las Vegas!). I am free pretty much any weekend saturday and sunday as well as any day the week of June 10-15th. Thanks for the chance!
Now I’m ticked that I ever met you. Boo. Hoo.
This would be such an amazing thing for my grandmother, mama, and me. A few years ago, my Nana was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was tested and we found out that she carries the BRCA2 gene. My mother and I were then tested and we are both positive for the gene. This gene gives us an 86% chance of breast cancer and a chance in the 30th percentile for ovarian cancer. Life changed abuptly for each of us on that day and it will never be the same. I think that this would be an incredible reminder to our family, and to us, of what love, strength, and the power of womanhood can do in this world. Thanks for the opportunity.
I have four daughters. Two are typical blue eyed blond haired California girls. One of my girls has down syndrome and has the most serene Face nuy dont let that fool you. She is a prankster and a spicy girl. One is adopted from
The carribean and has dark brown skin, sparking eyes and a huge, huge, huge afro. My slighter with DS and my daughter who is carribean are as close as twins and being just a year apart virtually are. They are do different outside.. But so similar inside. I always feel that Norah’s birthmoms is such a hug part of our life. We have open adoptions, so our kids know their other parents. A true portrait would have Norah’s other mom
Too… But we represent her with a picture. Depending on which daughter you chose I could tell such a different story. Adoptive transracial mom, or special needs mom, or just regular old mom. I play all the roles all the time.
We will be out two weekends in June… Coming from
San Francisco. The 12th and the one after that.
Love this project.
My name is Michelle Keisel. I am 36 and I am the mother of four beautiful daughters (three of which are over 6). I also have an amazing 68 year old mother and a 90 year old grandmother. My mother has spent her life working to help raise seven siblings and then her own eight children. She is one of the hardest working women I know, with my grandmother being her only competition. I come from amazing women! I have always longed for a closer relationship with my mother however, she was always working so hard that there wasn’t time to bond as I would have liked. My mother is dealing with Alzheimer’s (although she doesn’t know this) and was just diagnosed with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia. My time with her is running out, and with my grandma, well she is 90… I would love a chance to do something like this.
As far as availability goes, we will all be together for a family reunion on the 8/9 of June, so just before or after that would work (6-7, 10-11). We could probably work most days in June, however.
What a beautiful idea.
Unfortunately, I cannot attend, but will like if you email me a link to an online gallery?
Thank you.
I have my daughter, myself, my mom, and my grandmother for four generations. My great-grandmother would fit into your age limits at 106, but since she died in 1990, not even your elevator could get her there.
My grandfather was a Vietnam POW, making my grandmother an incredible strength to those she meets. My mother is a teacher and cancer survivor. I am a working mother of two. My daughter is a senior in high school.
My grandmother and mom have brown eyes and brown hair (& they don’t dye it!) I am 1/64 Indian, but am blonde/blue-eyes. I look more like my daughter than mother and my daughter is adopted!
My grandmother is in San Diego and the rest of us are in Utah. We are available the first week in June.
The last four-generation photo attempt was in the 1980s and isn’t suitable for framing.
My mom and I would LOVE to participate in this amazing opportunity! [I know, I asked her
} ... Here is our story. My mom [46] and I [23] are super close. We used to live a few mins away from each other but a year ago I moved 3,000 miles away to Hawaii. It is hard living so far apart and we would love to have some gorgeous pictures of the two of us together!! … And the BEST part, I am flying home to Utah [from Hawaii] for the month of June so we could come into the studio!!
PS- Basically any day the first 3 weeks of June would work for us!
Thanks for offering this generous opportunity!
Hi Justin, my name is Nakole. I am a mother, daughter, sister and granddaughter. It would be me, my daughter Lola, my mother Brenda and my grandmother Lorna. I would love if you picked us. Both my mother and grandmother lost daughters in different tragic deaths. From these deaths the bond that has formed between my mother and her mother, and me and my mother and grandmother has been immense. We each know the deep meaning of loss. Especially the loss of a daughter or sister. Loss is a horrible thing, a thing I wish not on anyone, but it can form a bond and a love like nothing else.
Oh and any Tuesday in June would work
my family is in Singapore, I came to BYU for college. I love my mom, as traditional as her thinking is, and I know her love for my sis and I will never falter. On June 14th, she will be at my wedding here in Utah, and I’ve never been more grateful for a perfect unconditional love this supermom has for me.
pick us!
first 3 parts of your checklist, check, check and check. my daughter is 5. so if you come to Australia next year, can we join?
awesome project!
Hi Justin,
We’ve never met, but I did chat with your wife at Alt. Does that count?
I am a mother of three (pregnant with our 4th). I blog about family traditions and things I create over at inchmark. I have a great mom, a mother of 6 who are all grown up (now she’s a grandmother of 19). I also have a pretty cool daughter who is 6. We live in California, but we often come to Utah since we have a family home up in Midway.
This might be jumping the gun, but my mom and I (and my daughter Bee, 6) will all be in Utah the middle of May. I can’t travel past then (per doctor’s orders). I totally get it if this disqualifies us.
Mothers and daughters can take on so many levels when you’re dealing with divorce and remarriage. I have four daughters and a step daughter (two red heads, two blondes, and brunette). I also have my mother and my step mother. The role of mother/daughter is stretching so much in today’s society. My family represents that. We call our crew The Circus. My five daughters are within 6 years of age of each other ranging from age 6 to age 12. Any Wed or Thursday would work for us. Or Fri the 8th, or fri the 22nd.
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