What Mums Eat

A photography project documenting the reality and everyday struggle of what mums eat whilst raising children

As a food photographer I’ve always been interested in how and what other people eat. As an emotional eater I’m also interested in how food makes us feel. And what that looks like when we no longer have the time or energy to nourish ourselves properly, despite it being something we desperately need.

Once I became a mother my relationship and proximity to food changed dramatically as the needs of my children overtook mine. The times I am by myself, food is now about sustenance and speed and no longer about meditation and joy.

There is such little support for mothers to be well during the postpartum period onwards when so much is required of us physically and mentally, so capturing a moment in time, a portrait, a meal, whatever form that takes is what I will document.

The hope is that this will be the start of a conversation about how mums should be better supported through nutrition and how that can have a fundamental impact on our mental and physical health, which in turn will benefit everyone. 

The result will be an exhibition of a selection of the images at a gallery in east London. 

If you or anyone you know might be interested, send me an email or Whatsapp: 07811 325881. 

Raw. Unfiltered. Honest.