THE ART OF DOCUMENTARY PROJECT
"In her presence " -
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EDGE OF HUMANITY MAGAZINE
https://edgeofhumanity.com/2026/05/15/looking-gently-through-generations/
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Photographing my daughter feels like a return—to another time, another gaze.
My late father always photographed us this way, and perhaps this practice is my way of continuing a conversation with him.
On long car rides, I find myself telling her the same stories he told me: to look gently, kindly and with empathy, always to show life without imposing upon it.
These photographs are not narratives so much as traces—poetic mental notes gathered in passing.
I have long been guided by a line quoted by Robert Adams, from the poet X. J. Kennedy:
Would you lay well?
“The goose that laid the golden egg
Died looking up it’s crotch
To find out how the sphincter worked
Would you lay well? Don’t watch “
It reminds me that wonder withers under scrutiny, that joy reveals itself only when left alone.
So I step back.
I allow moments to arrive unannounced.
For once, I learn to surrender.
These images hold the quiet joy of witnessing—of being a mother, a confidante, and, at times, a muse—and of letting love, memory, and seeing move freely through the frame.
