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Portrait of a (Working) Mother_new Exeter edition
With enormous pressure for modern women to "have it all," working mothers strive to find balance between family and professional life. Portrait of a (Working) Mother is an interdisciplinary photographic-research project on motherhood, career and international mobility. Juxtaposing visual and narrative representations, Portrait of a (Working) Mother explores increasingly growing tensions around issues of gender equality, career advancement, and personal / professional fulfilment in the contemporary globalised world.
It also addresses identity alterations brought about by both motherhood, parenthood and international mobility. Such selfhood modifications are especially poignant for mothers raising their children in a foreign country, that entails dealing with integration, linguistic and cultural transmission, as well as negotiating within multicultural couples regarding different parenting paradigms.
Images: Marina Cavazza /
Words: Eglė Kačkutė
It also addresses identity alterations brought about by both motherhood, parenthood and international mobility. Such selfhood modifications are especially poignant for mothers raising their children in a foreign country, that entails dealing with integration, linguistic and cultural transmission, as well as negotiating within multicultural couples regarding different parenting paradigms.
Images: Marina Cavazza /
Words: Eglė Kačkutė
