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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My mom and I have become best friends in the last 10-15 years. She taught me to work hard, play hard, laugh, and enjoy life. We haven’t always been close but I have really come to appreciate her since I’ve gotten married and had a family of my own. My daughters (ages 6 and 3) ask me every day if we can go to her house. Everyone I know just loves to be around her because she is so happy and caring. I would be lost without her.
The first and third weeks of June work best for us. Thanks for giving us a chance!
I would love to participate with my step-daughter, Abby. She is a joy to me – especially because I am not able to have children of my own. We have a unique mother/daughter/friend relationship.
Well, hold on to your hat, buddy, because in January my sister became a grandmother and became the middle generation of five generations of girlies! I’m off to send her a link to this because it would be awesome to have a picture of them taken by you!
And, if you’d like, I have a couple of daughters I’d love to drag to your studio along with me.
Hello, my name is Lesa and my daughter, Kendra, already left a comment. I echo her words that we are super close but live far away from one another. We have a good relationship and love to shop for purses and talk about blogs. I’m 46 and she is 23. My daughter has a little girl age 2 (who I know couldn’t come for the photo) but the three of us have a strong connection. I would love a photo of me and my daughter so that when I miss her terribly (she lives in Hawaii) I can look at her beautiful smiling face. Luckily, her and her family are coming to visit in June. What a great opportunity for us to have a girls outing and come to your studio. We would love the chance to meet you since we are strangers. We would be shy at first but you’d have us smiling within minutes because I can’t help but smile when I’m around my daughter. We are free anytime between June 1 – June 15th.
I’m rambling, like usual; I just want to say this is a great project and my words aren’t the best when strung all together but I hope my attempt at winning your heart will give us a change to be picked!! Thank you!
My mom is by far the best person I know in this world. She has taught me so much and sacrificed so so much of herself so that I could have a better life. She is the kind of woman that can make you laugh out loud, head thrown back, and can also sit and hold your hand as she cries through a commercial about long distance. She is a hard worker, and had worked all of her life to support me. My parents divorced over ten years ago, and she took it upon herself to support my every dream, whether it be moving to New York City, or moving back home, she was there every step of the way. Sadly, I don’t think she feels as beautiful as she really is. I don’t really look like her, but sometimes I can see her smile in mine, or hear her voice in mine, and it makes me so happy and grateful to be taking after this lady. She has been battling a blood disease for the past few years but you would never know her weaknesses with her health, because she is so dang upbeat and happy and quirky. Think Meg Ryan in “You’ve got mail.” She has to get infusions every week. My mother is a champion. She just doesn’t know she is. I would love to show her how beautiful she is, inside and out. Any weekend in June would work. Thank you so much for a chance to even express my love and gratitude for my mom. Also, she is a hoot. And she lives in St. George. And if you get to met her you will want to put her in your pocket and take her home.
Kameron Lopez
Hi Justin,
My name is Jill Harris. I would love to tell you why I am a great fit for this project but it would make more sense to tell you why I think my mom is a great fit for this project and why I aspire to be an amazing mom just like her to my own 5 kids (4 of which are daughters). My mom is my rock, my hero, my example, my best friend. She taught me how to say no, she laid a firm foundation for my faith, she showed me how to be loving yet firm, she gave me the confidence to listen to my intuition, she juggled a career while being a wife and mother, and she even has a few tricks up her sleeve. We have many triumphs and happy times together but I will select the two most important to me. My dad passed away suddenly from an aortic dissection when I was 22. He was her high school sweetheart and they were still in love. My mom is selfless. She held herself together during the entire time for her three daughters. She lost her best friend, but she put that aside to make sure her daughters were ok. I have a vivid memory of her taking my two sisters and I into the stairwell at the hospital while we were waiting for news on my dad. She gathered us in a circle and began to faithfully pray. I will never forget the moment when she leaned over to my dad right before he passed away and whispered to him that everything was going to be ok. She is the definition of strength and you know what, because of her everything was ok. She has been a constant support for me sometimes being the only person on this earth whom I really believe had my back no matter the circumstances. Her loyalty is like none other. I recently filed for a divorce from a man whom I thought I knew. I devoted 15 years of my life to him and we had five amazing children together. Sometimes people aren’t who you believe they are and my mom has helped to restore my faith in humanity. She is a constant supporter who makes my children the best homemade waffles and pancakes every morning before school. She is my taxi, my rock, my hero, my example, my best friend and I aspire to be half the mom she is to me.
My children are bi-racial. I am white and their father is African American.
I have four girls (age 2,4,8,12) and one boy (age 11). I would bring my mom (69), myself (36) and my two daughters (8,12).
June 7th will be her 70th birthday so I can’t think of a better three days to celebrate with her than to fly from Nebraska to Provo for this photo shoot. June 7,8,9. I am willing to come any three days but to be there on her birthday would be the best.
With much love and adoration I thank you for this opportunity,
Jill
My mom is 70 and I’m 32; I have 3 sisters; I have one daughter, but she’s 2 so she might not be invited to your party. So at the most I could bring 3 generations, but only 2 if you don’t want baby girl.
In the past few years my mom has battled breast cancer, had both knees replaced, and had some really serious bouts with bad health. But even when life is hard for her, she’s thinking of me and her other kids, sending packages in the mail, calling, sending cards. She sent me to Paris last year just because I had never been. She is selfless, generous, and kind. And the best cook known to man, especially her pies. If I had a choice between regular heaven and pie heaven, I would choose pie heaven (as long as it was my mom’s pie) because mmmmmboy. Heh.
You and I have never met. I live in Gallup, New Mexico but my mom is in Draper so I could come any time in June since the kids will be out of school and we’re going sometime this summer anyway. So YOU pick 3 dates in June and I will comply. Also, we’re white. Very, very white. Almost transparent, if I’m being honest. I love this project, good luck with it this year!
My mother and sisters would be a great pick for your project: my mom is in her 40s, my sister and I are in college, and my youngest sister is in high school. We all look incredibly alike and we act alike, and when we’re all together (a rarity now, since we’re separated into 3 states), we tend to laugh until we cry and talk until we’re hoarse. My mom lost her mom in her 20s, and I admire her so much for her strength and faith in raising us without her mother there. I cannot imagine losing my mom now that I am 20; it has only made me and my sisters more grateful for the support and love that she gives us constantly. We would love to be picked, and the best days for us would be June 8th or 22nd or around those days.
I was diagnosed with neuromuscular disease, Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease (CMT), at the age of 12. It is the most commonly inherited neuropathy in the world, but yet most people have never heard of it. I was adopted as a newborn, so there is no known genetic line for this disease. I have had 14 foot and hip surgeries to help deal with the affects of this disease since the age of 4. I remember my mom being there with me for every doctor appointment, next to my bed when I woke up from every surgery, and there with me through all the challenges of this disease. 4 years ago, my 4-year old daughter, Addison, was diagnosed with this same disease. It broke my heart, and I hate seeing how this disease is already affecting her. My mom always taught me that my disease did not define me….that I could still accomplish anything that I wanted to. I hope to instill this same confidence in my daughter, and be right there with her to support and encourage her every pain-staking step of the way!
I would love to be chosen to participate in your project, along with my mom and my daughter. Any day in June would work just fine for me, as I live just down the road in Spanish Fork. Please let me know! Thank you!
My daughter is nine, she’s beautiful. To me she represents the future. My mom is 67 and has had three major sugeries in the past year. My mom has had a total of 9 major surgeries in the last 16 years, she has a degenerative bone disease, her mother had it, I hopefully will not. My mom is beautiful but doesn’t get out much.Her grandkids are her life and this would be a once in a lifetime chance. I would love to have this experience with my mom and my daughter. I have high hopes that I and my daughter will be the ones to beat the disease(if needed) and live live live!!
My mother was born in Provo, and we still live here. The first or last part of June will work for us. Thanks!
No sad or terribly interesting story. Just my mom, twin sister and 7 year old daughter and so, so SO much love. It would be an honor to be a part of your 30 strangers project
My mom will be in town the first week of June.
My mother immigrated here to the US from the Philippines making me second generation. I have an interesting background of Chinese, Spanish, Portuguese and Filipino heritage. My mother is one of my closest friends- we have lots in common! My daughter was born just a few weeks ago, but sadly she will not fit the 6 year old requirement so I can bring only 2 generations. This project looks like so much fun- we hope to be a part of it!
Mother will be here toward the end of the second week of May.
Delta Keck celebrates her 90th birthday Aug. 4, 2012. I would love to give her the gift of a photo with her four daughters. The care these women give their mother makes it possible to live in her own home and have an active life.
Rae Keck-daughter in law
mid-late june would be best for the photo session
I am the mother of identical twin girls who are eight and just happen to be beautifully Chinese! (I’m not.) I would love nothing more than to participate in your project.
We live in Chicago but would be happy to come to Utah almost any day in June. We’re a pretty flexible group! My mom lives in Arizona and would also happily meet us there.
My mother, sister, and I would love to participate in the 30 strangers project. (I have a little girl also–but she is only two so I guess not eligible.) I wish that I had a more dramatic story or reason for why we should be chosen, but overall we are probably just a pretty typical family. We’ve had hard things happen to us: illness, loss of family members, job problems, etc. but we are also very blessed with most things that we want and need. The bottom line is that my mom and sister are my best friends. We bicker and drive each other crazy. We laugh at each other’s jokes and tease. We shop and eat and talk. We will always be connected, and it is wonderful.
We could do the very end of June (my mother is a teacher and would need to travel here from out of state after the end of school).
The group of women in my family is pretty diverse . My mother is half native American, So I guess that would make her three girls quarter native American. But the diversity doesn’t there. You see my older sister got her pretty red hair and blue eyes from our dad. I got my coloring from my mom. And as for my little sister well she got her looks from her biological parents in Romania. My parents adopted her when she was four from Romania. There is a 15 years age difference between myself and my little sister but all of us girls are so so close. So you would think the diversity would stop there.. Nope it doesn’t. My little sister, myself, and my daughter(6 months) have dwarfism. I am 3ft 9 inches, my sister is 3ft 5 inches and my daughter is the size of a 2 month old. The rest of our family (besides my husband) are all average size (this also includes my 11 year old son who towers over me).
We would be honored to be a part of this incredible project. It would be two generations, my mom, her three daughters, and one granddaughter(8 years old). We could have another granddaughter but she is too young… We are available from the June 10th thru the rest of the month…
Thanks
Rebekah
I’m having my first baby girl at the end of June and she will be blessed in the dress that is now over 100 years old that I was blessed in and that my mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother (and apparently all of my great-grandmother’s siblings) were baptized in. My grandmother is flying in from New York for the blessing so we can have four generations together. Unfortunately, that means it won’t be until early august and it involves a newborn, SOOOO we technically don’t meet two of your qualifications. But, I figure the five generation dress and four generations together is a pretty photo worthy thing so I’m leaving a comment just in case you were willing to make an exception
I Have Three beautiful daughters and a wonderful daughter in law I would love to share with you my story. It would be wonderful to participate in so many ways. Looking forward to hearing something soon. I think you would find what we have triumphed over appropriate for your cause.
I love my mom, she has been a rock for me through every struggle I have had. And I adore my daughter. I am in awe as I watch her grow into her amazing self. But sometimes my relationships with each are hard and heavy. We don’t flow as seamlessly as I wish we might. There is a difficulty in the relationships. My mother and my daughters relationship is different from this. It is easy and happy and they blend together perfectly. Together they are happiness and light. It helps me to see a place for me and to be peaceful being the connection between them.
We will be visiting Utah this June and are available the week of June 11 and also the 18th, 19th and 20th.
Well hi Justin! We have never actually met, but I’m pretty sure I sat next to you at a Mindy Gledhill concert last year at the Velour. I love this project. My daughter and I have a special bond because we are the only girls in a family full of boys! She has always prayed for a baby sister but it never worked out. We also live far from extended family, so we are close. We are an island together. She is 9 years old and and really growing up to be beautiful in so many ways. I feel lucky to have her. We are available any time in the 2nd and 3rd week of June.
Three daughters, one mom. Doesn’t that say it all?
ages: 46, 11, 14, 16
I am a mom to three girls, age 4 months, 4 and 6. There’s nothing particularly unusual or interesting about our relationship, just that I love them and stay home with them so that I can be the one to teach them about life and help mold the way I want them to be. So far, I am very proud of the work I’ve done, but also have come to know that they are who they are despite me and that is probably a good thing. I’m also very flexible schedule wise, so I expect to get a last minute phone call in June when someone more interesting can’t show.
I would love to do this project for my mom. She has been both a child and woman in crisis at different times in her life and it would be an honor to do this for her and donate to the center. Instead if leaning on the abuse she faced as a crutch or excuse for why she should have a miserable life, my mom has overcome it all and triumphed as a mother and in her career as a nurse. She is a lovely and caring woman who loves unconditionally and always sees the best in people – really she is a miracle! My mom has passed on to me the courage to do hard things and a willingness to forgive. She and I and my two beautiful daughters (ages 11 and 12) would love to come down for a portrait session anytime between June 19-June 28 (the weeks of her annual summer visit). Thank you
I love this project and think it would be great to be involved. My mother is beautiful both inside and out. I learned from her that beauty has to come from both places to make a truly beautiful person. Finding joy in all things is one of her many talents. I have tried to do that my whole life, but it was hard when my own daughter was diagnosis with Leukemia at age 8. She and I lived together for about a year at Primary Children’s Hospital and a half-way house. It was a super hard time for our family as I left a one year old daughter at home in Idaho. That time spent with my dear Emma was invaluable and has virtually bonded us for life. It was a terrible time, but through that time we learned to love each other like no one else can. Emma is now 11 years old and growing more and more joyous and beautiful everyday.
Thanks for listening/reading.
We would be available anytime during the second half of the month of June.
My daughters are soon to be 14 and 8. I’ve been watching this project for several years, and I admire what you are doing. It is wonderful that as you are doing a great community service, you are also giving the gals who participate a unique mothers/daughter experience. A true win-win!
When you first started, we lived too far away to even consider applying. Now we live closer, and could easily participate. Our June schedule is very flexible [June 5th - 30 is open].
I’d love my girls to be part of something that benefits others. It is always good to be part of something bigger than yourself — that reach out to others. {And selfishly, I’d just really love to do this with my girls!}
Kathy
We can give you 4 generations and a very large group. My sweet mother had 9 children (3 boys) so with all of us “sisters” that’s a mom and 9 daughters. Add in the granddaughters -22, more if we can include daughters that technically are in laws. Then there are the great grands- of which 10 or so would be old enough. It’s probably wishful thinking that all of us could be there. However I would be thrilled to have my Sisters and Mom (age 85) or Mom, myself, daughters and granddaughters. Because some of us would have to travel, we would be available any Friday or Saturday in June.
I just thought of something interesting about me. My mom had home births and so do I.
I would love to participate with my daughters age 10 and 8, I would love to bring my mom, sisters, etc, etc, but I am from Mexico city so I don’t have anybody here, Is just me and my girls I can say about me is I love to be a mom!!! is interesting raising kids in a different culture from what I am used to, but is been fun indeed.
We are pretty available anytime and we live close.
Thanks!
I have been waiting for this year! My daughter turned six a couple months ago, and have seen this the past two years, just waiting for her to be old enough. I’d love to do this with my mom, and daughter. My mom was always there for me, and is one of my best friends. She stayed home with us kids until I (the youngest of the bunch) was grown, even when it would have been easier financially to do otherwise. I now have the opportunity to follow her example and stay home with my own kids. And my mom is also the best “Nana” any kid could ask for. As well as always being there for me, she has a special relationship with my daughter (and son, as well). When I grow up, I want to be just like my mommy!
We would be coming from Southern California, and we’re pretty available for dates. Just NOT June 6-8. I would so love this experience, so… PICK ME!
I have an 11 year old daughter who is showing all the signs of turning into a teenager. I would love to have a picture of the two of us while we still like each other to get me through the next few years!
We are available the whole last week of June.
I have four daughters (but only two are older than 6), a wonderful mother, a fantastic sister, and the world’s best grandmother. My grandmother is fading fast since my grandpa died, but she’s still extraordinarily sharp and fashionable and kind, just the kind of person I want to be at 88. I’ve just moved back to Utah after 8 years in the Midwest, and I’m grasping at all the opportunities I can to have my girls get to know my grandmother better before she’s gone.
We would be available any time but the first week in June (my mom is running a girls’ camp this year) or the 29th and 30th.
My grandmother is the historian in our family. She was also the photographer until the world moved more toward digital photographs; she no longer enjoys taking photos but she always reminds us when a photo needs to be taken.
My mother, daughter and I often make the drive from Idaho to Utah to visit Grandma. Every time we visit, she mentions that we need to take a 4 generations photo. Every time we forget.
I know that my grandmother does not have very many years left and I know how special this would be for her (and myself, or course).
I’m absolutely sure that all four of us would treasure the opportunity to have a beautiful photograph capture our love for each other.
Thank you for your consideration, what an amazing gift for an incredible cause.
As for dates…Mondays and Fridays work best for us…so…June 18th, 22nd, 25th or 29th.
Hello Justin, what a beautiful project this is!
My name is Paola, I am from Chile (Viva Chile!) I came here about 14 years ago. I married a Utah boy and we have four children. Our first born, Sofia is turning eight this October. I enjoy telling her that she has beautiful brown sugar skin and that diversity is a great thing. I like teaching her to be proud to be half Chilean, to enjoy other cultures, different places, different foods and so on . I take pride on telling her that I have work really hard to always be a productive citizen , because this country and it’s people have been wonderful to me. I LOVE this daughter of mine and we have so much in common. I am so grateful for the opportunity I have to be her Mother and hopeful one day she will have the chance to teach her own daughter about Chile and all the great things about my culture.
Any day works for us, If we are selected I will drop everything on my agenda!
Chao
Paola
I commented up above, but completely forgot about a half marathon that I’m running the first weekend of June, so we’re available any day from June 9th through June 30th. I’d so love to do this!
Hi Justin, I would love to participate with my mom and sisters. Unfortunately for us, our mother passed away almost 8 years ago from a very quick illness at the age of 57. At that time, we had no idea the profound effect this would have on not only our lives but our children’s lives as well. The three of us continue to grieve our loss but have found incredible strength in each other. Together we have three daughters to raise and we have been there for them, supporting and loving them as their grandma would have done. At the ages of 43, 39, and 29, we are the oldest women in our generation and it is up to us to continue the traditions of the women before us and create more of our own to pass on to our daughters and the generations to come. We would love to be part of this amazing project in memory of our mom.
We could participate with or without our daughters-ages 17, 13, 8. We are available June 4-6, 18-19, 25-27.
Justin,
I would love to have a picture with my grandmother and mother. My grandma’s memory is quickly fading from dementia, but she is a very dear woman. She grew up on a farm in Kentucky with no indoor plumbing – very humble circumstances. She married my grandpa the day after his mission – he served in Kentucky! And then they moved to Utah and raised 7 kids. My grandma is the most loving, accepting, charitable woman I know. She has a great heart. My mother is the middle child and loves her mother very much. I know a picture with her mother would be a treasure. And I would just be honored to be in the photo with two courageous and loving women. I will be in Utah the first two weeks of June. My grandma lives in Salt Lake and my mom can come up from Southern California if we get selected. What a great project this is.
Anna
Life is full of adventure, trial, happiness, triumph, joy and heartache. My mom is the person who has taught me to have the most optimistic and service-oriented view on life no matter what types of events are going on. As a little girl she would often remind me, “Life is only worth living with a smile on your face”.
She’s the kind of lady that no matter where you go, she ends up making a new friend and laughing with someone. (One time our family went to Disneyland and I kept having to ask my Dad if she knew the people she was talking to. She’s that friendly that I thought she just knew everyone.)
When I was 13 my mom was diagnosed with Breast Cancer, and she fought with resilience as she went through surgery and radiation. 10 Years later (last April) she found out the cancer had come back. For the past 12 months she’s gone through multiple surgeries, 4 rounds of chemo, the process of losing and re-growing her hair (it came back with tight curls). Through it all my mom has been smiles, laughter and full of optimism. Even in her sickest of days she was sure to find a way to serve those around her.
I would love the opportunity to capture the smile and joy I have come to love over the years. As well as capture her new curly do from Chemo and the light in her eyes that captures her new outlook on life.
We’re available June 1st-12th and are most definitely able and willing to come visit Provo.
My daughter is 13 years old. She and I have a good relationship. However, our story is a little different. We met when she was 6 days old. She is adopted. When she was 8 years old, we invited her birth mother & her family to be a part of our lives in a more open way. Since then, we have developed a loving relationship that involves the 3 of us and our parents.
We enjoy having an open relationship. It clears the mysteries behind the adoption. It allows her birth family to be a part of my daughter’s life. It brings more people into my daughter’s life that can love & support her.
The photos can involve myself, my daughter, & her birth mother. Or we could also add our own mothers and have a 3 generation picture with each family.
In my mind, I picture my daughter standing in the middle with her 2 mothers, & grandmothers on either side….a line of love.
I forgot to add that we are NOT available June 26-30.
We live in Provo. Her birth mother’s family lives in Ogden. They can travel down here.
Hey Justin,
I am apart of a 5th generation so I thought you might consider us. The only thing is my two year old daughter is what completes that ( which I know you noted they needed to be 6 ) I have a beautiful Mother, Grandmother and Great Grandmother. All of which have been apart of my life since I can remember. My mother is my best friend and hero. She was a single mother who has worked hard all her life to be a good mother, I owe her everything. She is exactly the kind of mother I am trying to be to my beautiful daughter. I also have one confession you photographed my wedding 3 and a half years ago, So I am not technically a stranger. But because 5 generations is pretty amazing I thought it was worth a try to be considered. Thank you for your time !
I’m an Idaho girl, and when we talk about harvesting, the conversation is usually potatoes. Another type of harvest – posterity; my mother has done a spectacular job of harvesting her 7 children, 21 grandchildren, and 4 great-grandchildren. She is definitely one of those women who enjoys the fruits of her labors; she works hard to keep her family close – physically, emotionally. In fact, I live next door to my mom and dad, helping them, just like I was taught. One of my biggest joys is having my children visit, including Jenna and Tempest June. I love watching Tempest, seeing her eyes light up when she sees me, seeing my mother’s eyes when she sees Jenna and Tempest. I love my women; I see how fast time flies, how fortunate we are to be in each other’s lives, and I thank my Idaho roots for being deep and fertile.
Aloha!
I would love to be included in this great project. We would have 3 generations, my mom, myself and my daughter. Neither my daughter or I have any sister so we are all very close. My daughter is Polynesian with beautiful brown eyes. We all live in UT and would be available anytime in June.
Hello!!!
1) I think my family would be GREAT for this project. I was born to a wonderful mother who through her own hardships and family problems raised 6 children. Her relationship with my grandma was not a very good one. To say the least the relationship was very abusive: physically and mentally. My mom is a fighter. She is amazing. Throughout my entire life my mom has never once said a hateful thing about my grandma. She still speaks to my grandmother constantly, and we see her all of the time. She is a major part of our life. My mom is forgiving, beautiful, and the best mother I could ever ask for. Through all of this and more she has raised 5 beautiful daughters.
All of us daughters have curly, curly hair. BEAUTIFUL hair by the way if that gives us any sway:)
My dad’s mom has white/gray hair, and looks like a cute little old granny!
2) My dad’s mom, my mom’s mom, my mom, and all 5 of us girls.
June 24th, 25th, or 26th.
Diversity is not always expressed in hair, skin, or eye color…sometimes its expressed in the beliefs we embrace. My Mom always taught us that no matter what someone believes– to love them fiercely. She had eight children (four boys, four girls) and we all have chosen different paths, many she doesn’t agree with, but she treats us all the same. As a divorced mother she has never had enough money to have a portrait of us taken, so it would be wonderful to get this done for her. We have a possible four generations available and for sure we have three- my Mom’s Mom (93 and lives in SLC), my Mom (turning 70 this year), my three sisters and I (always 30 years young), and the four daughters (ages 14, 12, 9, and 9) we have between us (it takes a village). We can’t promise you the most beautiful subjects in the world, but we can promise you a bunch of laughs!!! We are available pretty much any Friday in June. We would fly our sister from Minneapolis that weekend if we are chosen. Oh, the stories you would hear! Can I tempt you with the one day that my little brother lit a fire to the couch, the basement flooded, and a man came to turn off the electricity just as my Mom was tossing the couch cushions out into the snow?
Shall we test the age old saying, “flattery will get you everywhere?”. Ha ha. Seriously I feel as if I have been admiring your work for years through Cjs blog and others. I would love to watch you work and you would love the company of my mom. Promise. She’s a pistol who is from rural Utah and she has spent her life in education. She is still educating me and teaching me to drink in knowledge… Things that make my mind tick… Things like learning from a thriving photographer… Wink wink. Available all June long with some heads up with a stunner of a mama, a beauty of a sista and me…. The big mouth.
I am my mother’s eighth and youngest child. She named me after her late mother. She always said that while I didn’t get a young mom who could run around and play, I did get a wiser and more seasoned mother than my older siblings. I was her always sensitive, shy, fretful, “velcro” child. She knew just how to comfort and encourage me and help me grow. She lost countless hours of sleep over the years to me and my worries and fears. I appreciate this now more than ever as I raise my own sensitive, shy, fretful, “velcro” 8-year-old daughter. I am daily grateful for the thousands of mornings I had alone with my mom as she walked my paper route with me for 6 years. I treasure the year I spent with her and my dad in a dingy one bedroom apartment when we moved from my home state my senior year of high school. I learned how precious time with one’s mother is when she and my father served two LDS missions overseas just after the births of my 2nd and 3rd children. They are preparing to serve again in July, and I would love to share this opportunity with my mom and my daughter before we part again. We both live in Utah Valley and are available anytime in June, though the first two weeks would be the most convenient. Thank you!
My mom is my best friend, like many have commented. Nearly a day does not go by without speaking to her even about the most mundane things. Not only am I me beacuse of her, but I strive everyday to be better beacuse of her. We have 4 generations available!
Remember the days of the fragile hugs you once gave your grandma? Those days have now come around for my mother and me. It is no wonder with so many miles on her driven chassis that it should creek with the wear of time; and yet, her engine runs strong and her compass calibrated true. She has gone many places and done many things having moved 6 times in her first year of married life,36 times in less than 15 years, and nearly 40 in her life. Yet, she has found the commonality of kindness and friendship that she bestows upon all she meets. Her unyielding generosity and love have reached across social, religious, geographic and race time and time again. She is an artist, engineer, mechanic, nurse, counselor, sage, comedian, warrior, champion, horticulturist, seamstress, fashion icon, truck driver, wood splitter, budget expert. Beyond all that, she is my mother.
I have three best friends in my life. My mom, and my two daughters (17 & 15). I grew up with 4 brothers who I love dearly. But they are not the same as a sister. Therefore my mom was the sister I never had! I loved telling her about my life and daily doings and she always listened. Now I have two beautiful daughters that I get to share everything my mom taught me with. My mom’s mother passed away earlier this year and I know it has been hard on my mom. I would love to have a picture taken for us to treasure always! Moms are the greatest blessings in our lives and I would love to honor her with this! We are available the week of the 18th Monday through Thursday!
I am a mother to four daughters who are growing up way too fast! My oldest daughter is married and my second is graduating from high school in May. My younger two are 13 and 11. As they continue to grow and evolve into amazing women, I keep growing and evolving as a mother. It seems like every day is a new adventure in being a mother and being a daughter.
I would love to capture the moment of who we are as a mother and daughters right now, because it changes so quickly. And some days it is difficult to remember.
P.S. We all live in Utah…the best time for us to be photographed would be between June 4-15. Love your work!
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