/ 2024 / Fine Art / People

• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  Mariam Yaqub, United Kingdom
• Date of Photograph
  Jan 2024

This series seeks to continue the ongoing dialogue concerning parenting, feminism and societal ideas around motherhood. With far greater agency over our lives, women no longer are confined to traditional female gender roles; but with such progress the balance has not been fully addressed. Whilst women have more possibilities in their lives, they also have taken on more responsibility whilst the remainder of society has not changed at the same pace. This series delves into the overwhelming aspects of motherhood, encompassing feelings of chaos, isolation, and despair that arise when our aspirat