Mother Girl

The mother earth feels what is inside of her 

because she has given the birth of everything on this land.

Like the mother land, 

your mother had you in her. 

She felt your heartbeats inside of her. 

She had to endure the suffering of separation your heart from her

but then she was overwhelmed with joy 

when she held you in her arms. 

It was her pleasure to watch your growth and 

to be your closest friend whenever you feel happy and sorrow. 

Once you have become a mature girl, you should remember 

that your mother was a girl like you. 

Your mother is still a girl like you and 

your mother will want to stay in her girlhood like you.

It is time for you to care about your mother 

who may have been forgetting 

or even hiding her girlhood 

to keep up her end in being your mother.

For this body of work, The Mother Girl, 

I have photographed ten couples of 

real mother and her daughter. 

I have asked each couple to exchange their clothes 

and put a long wig on mothers 

to help them return to their girlhood. 

Mothers were in age of their fifties 

and daughters were in their late twenties. 

However, to represent history of motherhood, 

I chose to photograph my grand mother, mother, 

and myself. 

Furthermore, 

by putting a thirty-year-old mother 

and her five-year-old girl 

at the end of this series, 

I have intended to visualized the mothers 

who have yearned for their girlhood 

and their destiny 

to become a mother of her own girl.

special thanks to...

all my friends and moms who have modeled for this project.

I Love You All.