Motherhood: All love begins and ends there.
– Robert Browning
It may be possible to gild pure gold, but who can make his mother more beautiful?
– Mahatma Gandhi
All that I am, or ever hope to be, I owe to my angel mother.
– Abraham Lincoln
Mother is the name for God in the lips
and hearts of little children.
– William Makepeace Thackeray
Mother: the most beautiful word
on the lips of mankind.
—Kahlil Gibran
Artists have been depicting the special bond between mothers and their children for hundreds of years.
Relationships can be difficult to describe, and sometimes an image tells the story better than words. One of the most powerful and unforgettable photos depicting a mother and her children in the history of photography is Dorothea Lange’s photograph of a destitute mother and her children taken in 1936.
Dorothea Lange said in an interview about the picture, “She said that they had been living on frozen vegetables from the surrounding fields, and birds that the children killed. She had just sold the tires from her car to buy food. There she sat in that lean-to tent with her children huddled around her, and seemed to know that my pictures might help her, and so she helped me.”
“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law…
– Agatha Christie
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39 replies on “Every Day is Mothers’ Day”
I felt the love between the children and their moms while scrolling through. Great stuff.
Some of these pictures are simply perfect to express the mother’s love. Thanks Steve to share with us all this.
Never tell me
I can’t do it.
To me, I danced
With two hearts.
And I breathed
With four lungs.
To me, I’ve been ice
Fire and wind.
I’ve taken
In my belly
The weight of two worlds,
And I have born
Life is screaming.
That I embraced
To sadness without fear.
And I cried smiles.
Don’t tell me
That I’m not capable
Of something.
Or everything.
– Eva López Martinez
Beautiful. Very touching. Made me think. The feeling of being a mother is universal.
Grazie
Your mother was beautiful
Congratulations, Steve!!!!!!! How wonderful that something like this has happened in your lifetime. I’ve been enjoying and sharing your blog to friends far and wide , and you are known to us just as “Steve.” We met once in your work space when I was making my way in photojournalism some eons ago. PS: I have a feeling “Steve’s House” translates in Persian as something much more touching. They should be calling it “Steve’s Place” maybe, though not a direct translation probably transmits a cozier idea.
Hat’s off to you, Bro❗️for your DEDICATION ❤️
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so beautifully captured!
I love this so much and know that my self as a mother is my very best self.
However, the photo from Kamdesh, Afghanistan breaks my heart. That girl must be no more than 14 years old. She is a child. Please visit http://www.tooyoungtowed.org/ and also see the extraordinary work by Stephanie Sinclair, especially in National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/2011/06/child-brides/ and on Instagram. This is one of the world’s greatest travesties and none of us should look away from it. All that said, thank you for this (mostly) beautiful post.
All are beautiful
Thank you. The photos are lovely. They touched my heart.
It is always a great emotion to admire your beautiful photos and some of these are also very moving! Thank you Steve!!!🌟
These touch the heart.
Juste merci
It is always a great emotion to admire your photos and some of these are very moving. Thank you Steve!
Ciao Mamma 🌟
it makes me feel blessed that I still can share and care with my 88 year old mother .
You are a master of photography with a good eye
Wonderful
Absolutely beautiful
Thank you for the beautiful tribute to mothers! I love your photos, they bring tears to my eyes!
Steve, again wonderful photographs! Just curious, are you sure the last Afghan in this post is the mother, not sister?
As a mother, I can say that I was born the same time my son was born. And that umbilical cord, which is necessarily cut off, will always remain alive and pulsating in the heart. Then when you are the mother of an autistic child you realize how difficult it is to be a perfect mother, but you hope to be a good mother. Wonderful to see you in your mother’s arms. Thanks for this tribute to all mothers in the world.
Muito emocionante !!! Como sempre
As a mother, I can say that I was born the same time my son was born. And that umbilical cord, which is necessarily cut off, will always remain alive and pulsating in the heart. Then when you are the mother of an autistic child you realize how difficult it is to be a perfect mother, but you hope to be a good mother. Wonderful to see you in your mother’s arms. Thanks Sir for this tribute to all mothers in the world.
As a mother, I can say that I was born the same time my son was born. And that umbilical cord, which is necessarily cut off, will always remain alive and pulsating in the heart. Then when you are the mother of an autistic child you realize how difficult it is to be a perfect mother, but you hope to be a good mother. Thanks for this tribute to all mothers in the world.
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Steve, you continue to touch us and remind us of what is most important through your art. Thank you.
Such beautiful images. No matter how many times one sees the Dorothea Lange image, it never fails to touch the heart, thanks for sharing it, Steve. Let us also not forget the mother of us all, this incomparable jewell, earth.
Beautiful!
Lovely Curated Collection. Cant get better to show love & respect for all mothers around the world….
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Yes!! I managed the reblog button!! … Excellent!! … early Mother’s Day!!
Wonderfully captured.
Reblogging this to my readers at sister site Poetic Justice
The flag is of former country Yugoslavia, not Montenegro… Montenegro was one of the republic in Yugoslavia…
No other, just M O T H E R.
Thank you.
Who else can capture this special and most valuable relationship between a mother and child so well other than you. Sir! Loved to see you with your mother. A special series which touched me.
Regards,
Vivek Sen
Capolavoro🌹
love it
Bellissime♥️
Thank you, Steve, for yet another beautiful series