Jennifer Shaw’s project The
Space Between is a series about
childhood and about the complexities of being a parent. Talking about this
project, Shaw says “While my two sons and their circle of friends navigate the
playgrounds of their world, I watch with camera poised, balanced between
protection and permission. Motherhood is the hardest job I have ever had.
Photography allows me to embrace the chaos and connect with my children. As
they explore the elements with carefree abandon, I marvel at their intensity
and document them in all their wild glory. These images chronicle the
adventure, traversing the spaces between shadow and light, delight and despair,
dreams and reality.”
Mason on Deck
The images from this series are
beautifully nostalgic to me. There is a timeless quality about some of the
images, especially Mason on Deck.
This could be anyone’s family, anyone’s child. These images of carefree
innocence are not always enough for me. Images like Back Door and Handare more interesting to me because there is enough information to make out a
place and a figure, but there is not too much information so that I am able to
create my own ideas about the images.
Back Door
Hand
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