ROOTS

The main reasons for making this series is that I am now both mother and daughter, which puts me right in the middle of this 'chain of life'. To what extent are genetics an influence? To what extent is upbringing? Pregnancy? These questions play a role in the realization of the series. It is a series based on one of the most complex connections that exist: the one between a mother and her daughter. This relationship is regarded as one of the most potent connections in nature. The images consist of one part mother, one part daughter. The portraits bring both the emotional and physical connection to life. In order to visualize a combination of the caraters, I experimented with double layers in post-processing.