I photographed Angel twice for my mirror project. Once in early 2020 and then again in 2021.
Our first session- she was overcoming painful losses of pregnancies that she had prayed for. She was patiently navigating her way to motherhood. I stood in her bathroom with her and photographed her while she shared her feelings about her own body’s difficulty in simply doing what we believe our bodies are made to do… carry life.
I photographed her again in May of 2021, when she was 8 months pregnant. Her belly growing a baby under the surface. Her face radiating peace while she spoke about taking in every single second of this life, grateful for every ache and every pain, because this is the baby she waited for. I brought my friend Evelyn Lauer, a writer, a poet, to meet Angel. I wanted her work to go hand-in-hand with mine when this project was finally going to be shared. Hours later she sent me this. I will always love the shared experience of telling stories with artists that I respect and connect with. Evelyn is and always has been that for me.
Angel and her husband, Omar, are now parents to their beautiful son Zion.
