Maria, una historia de amor

"Maria, A Love Story" is about the impact the birth of my daughter Zelie, now 3 years old, has had on the life of my neighbour Maria, a 76 year old widow. Adapting to the new social context of the last decades, the classic idea of “Family” as an institution is being modified. The typical family made up of a mother and a father with various children and an extended, cross generational family, is being displaced. In today’s industrialized societies there is an increasing number of single-parent families with no extended family living close by, which is my case. Like many other young, single, parents, I depend on my friends and neighbours for support. An “open door” policy allows for new and different family frameworks to form which adapt directly to need and circumstance. With this body of work, I explore one such relationship. Taking into account also the traditional and religious connotation of the name of Maria - which is that of my neighbor - and my own questions and secrecy around the theme of motherhood. Please, do not hesitate to discover the whole proyect on my website https://severinesajous.com/photography/maria-a-love-story/