'Motherhood isn’t easy,” is the universal sentiment Brooklyn-based consultant Sophia Said explores as the writer and subject of A Mother’s Letter, a photography series for Chucha Studios. Said spoke to devineblacksher about the choice to become a mother
. In it, a pregnant Said reflects on her choice to become a mother through a letter she’s written to herself.
“I want this to be something that other mothers and future mothers could connect with,” says Said. “It is important for me to highlight the fact that this time around I am ready and I have that choice.” She’s referring to the last time she was pregnant, at 23, and chose to terminate. “How lucky you were to have the choice,” she writes to her younger self. “How blessed you were to make the best decision for yourself and your future.
Around seven months into her pregnancy, Said approached her good friend Herrana Addisu to help with the creative direction of her maternity shoot. Her good friend is also a multidisciplinary artist and founder of Chucha Studios, a creative platform and production studio that seeks to reduce social disparities in marginalized communities “by connecting the art of visual storytelling with systemic change.
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