I’m proud to have some of the photos from “Momma Love” represented in the International Museum of Women’s Motherhood Around the Globe exhibit. The one you see here was chosen to represent the exhibit “Mama’s Work.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Via my book “Momma Love: How the Mother Half Lives” (to be released for Mother’s Day 2013), I have been excited to help bring to public attention the courageous story of Sophie Currier. Her efforts have been instrumental in changing laws that affect the rights of America’s working women when it comes to issues surrounding breastfeeding. NPR station WBUR in Boston recently ran an article about her and accompanied it with a photo taken during one of our photo shoots for the book.

This weekend, this was the #1 most viewed article on WBUR.org.

About a dozen years ago, my closest friend Matt Vert-ray and I recorded an album under the name of The Oubliettes. It looks as though this album is finally going to see the light of day, and it got me to look at this old music video shot by the incredible Sinister Productions.

angel baby

the oubliettes | Myspace Music Videos

 

I recently produced, filmed and edited this trailer for the release of “Fever”, the latest book in the Chemical Garden Trilogy by Lauren DeStefano. We shot in an amazing home that rents itself out for shoots called “House of Collection” in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Although  certain key shots had to be covered, we mostly just got to play around in that space and be creative.

The International Museum of Women (IMOW) has included a couple of images from my photography project about motherhood, now entitled “The Mother Half” (formerly “Momma Love”), in their current exhibition; “Mama- Motherhood Around the Globe”! There’s a lot of cool art from all around the world represented.

A VERY COOL online magazine about modern momma life called Momfilter (started by co-founders of Cookie Magazine) featured a week of Momma Love mommas in the run up to Mother’s Day in 2011! The editorial was beautiful and I was honored by it. Each morning a different woman from the project was featured as “momma of the day”, and a small blurb about their life as a mother accompanied their portrait.

You can see all the portraits and story excerpts on Momfilter here.

I just shot the third and final cover in “The Chemical Garden” trilogy this past monday. I won’t be able to show it for a few months, but the first two covers (below) have been a smash hit with readers and critics, winning many “best covers of the year” awards on literary blogs. These covers have been incredibly fun to shoot! Each one has been a true collaboration with Simon and Schuster art director (and resident genius) Lizzy Bromley! From sketching to brainstorming to prop shopping to dress shopping to building elaborate sets on the day of the shoot, every step has been pure joy! I’m sad to see the series come to an end. But Lauren DeStefano is a hugely talented writer, so hopefully we’ll get to help bring her next series to life as well.

 

 

Well the holiday season is upon us… We’re sharing love with our families, mourning the loss of friends and family who we remember particularly at times like this, dealing with sick children on Christmas day, managing moods, feeling lucky, feeling disappointed, feeling excited to see the holidays through our children’s eyes… it’s an action packed, emotional time of year.

Soon we’ll be ringing in 2012 together. Some will enter cheering, others kicking and screaming. But we’re all going there together one way or another. May as well share a toast, ask for a shoulder to lean on if you need one, do our best and hope for the best.

The holidays have prompted me to write a “holiday-inspired” post on my Moms Rising blog which you can find here. (If you haven’t heard of Moms Rising, they’re very cool. Check out what they’re fighting for on the behalf of women and families.)

I hope all your holidays are special and meaningful and I’ll see you in the New Year!

Cheers!

(Harper as jolly old…)

I just had the pleasure of writing my first post for the MOMS RISING blog! Please check it out.

Man Gives Birth During NYC Marathon

This is a video shot by my husband, Joshua Bright (www.joshuabright.com), and edited by me for Simon and Schuster. It’s a behind the scenes look at the cover shoot for “Fever” by Lauren DeStefano.