Capturing The Beauty Of The First Day Of Motherhood Through Photo

Whether you’ve experienced becoming a new mother, or even witnessed it happening, everybody knows that it’s a life-changing, moving, and intense experience (to different degrees, of course). In order to capture this phenomenon, photographer Jenny Lewis has spent the past 5 years documenting images of new mothers with their 1-day-old babies.

Although there’s often negative aspects associated with newly christened motherhood–like sleepless nights, stress, anxiety, and mayhem, to name a few–Lewis’s series One Day Young illustrates some of the most touching emotions shared between mother and baby which she describes as “the extraordinary bonding, warmth, and strength between mother and infant.”

h/t: diply

Frida and Ethan

Marley and Etta

Meredith and Lina

Liana and Archer

Suphrawadee and Evelyn

Kate and Elen

Anna and Sky

Jenny and Agnes

Idoya and Nahia

Xanthe and Louie

Catherine and Raya

Veronika and Eden

Shenelle and Arissa

Karla and River

Mairead and Fia

Elizabeth and Anton

Danila and Zara

Clare and Henry

Laure and Tyrick

Mairead and Arlo

Charlotte and Vivienne

Leanh and Lachlan

Chieska and Floyd

Theresa and Tommy

Caroline and Silas

Rae and Renwick

Leda and Elektra

Tara and Penelope

Jhanne and Lily