I recently had a pleasure to be part of a project called Migrant Mums. The project consists of text and photography, portraying migrant mothers and mothers-to-be living in London. The project illustrates thoughts, experiences and life struggles and triumphs of the participant women.
Two migrant ladies, Yuka and Ryoko, came up with the concept and have interviewed and taken photos of dozens of migrant women living in London. Yuka was born and raised in New York. She works on the editorial team at Granta magazine (www.granta.com) and writes fiction and non-fiction. Ryoko grew up on the edge of Tokyo in Japan. Since 2006, she has been working as a freelance photographer for magazines in London. She has done several personal projects about communities and tribes, such as Brazilian-Japanese communities, suburban youth gangs and a senior centre in Islington. Her website is www.ryokouyama.com.
The website of the project contains a profile for each mother/ mother-to-be who took part in the project. The leaders of the project are also planning to turn it into a book
The project is still on-going, so if you are migrant mother/ mother-to-be living in London, it is not too late to take part!
Here is the website of the project:
http://migrantmumlondon.tumblr.com/
Two migrant ladies, Yuka and Ryoko, came up with the concept and have interviewed and taken photos of dozens of migrant women living in London. Yuka was born and raised in New York. She works on the editorial team at Granta magazine (www.granta.com) and writes fiction and non-fiction. Ryoko grew up on the edge of Tokyo in Japan. Since 2006, she has been working as a freelance photographer for magazines in London. She has done several personal projects about communities and tribes, such as Brazilian-Japanese communities, suburban youth gangs and a senior centre in Islington. Her website is www.ryokouyama.com.
The website of the project contains a profile for each mother/ mother-to-be who took part in the project. The leaders of the project are also planning to turn it into a book
The project is still on-going, so if you are migrant mother/ mother-to-be living in London, it is not too late to take part!
Here is the website of the project:
http://migrantmumlondon.tumblr.com/
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