Mother and daughter 190

This encore portrait of Miriam and her daughter Esther concludes their photo shoot which lasted three hours. Miriam and Esther are the 44th and 45th Ladies behind Crystal Veil.

Doing a mother and daughter photo shoot had been on my wish list for a while so it was my pleasure to work with Miriam and Esther. Some of their "looks of understanding" are unique to mother and daughter portraits. It was my privilege to capture those moments, like a harmless "voyeur". It was a pleasant, relaxed afternoon that yielded many fine portraits. Both ladies have almost perfect eyesight but both of them adapted themselves quite well to the unusual circumstances. If one puts up a pair of glasses, the normal expectation is that they improve the vision. Instead, my models undertake a journey to an empire of blur, which calls for a sense of abstraction, introspection and even acting.

Miriam, I wish to thank you for the hospitality, your flexibility and the excellent preparations for the photo shoot. The identical outfits are a fine example of this. It's a pity that light conditions in your ceramic art studio forced us to drop the original idea of an "art in progress" shoot. But it was not just about creating the best circumstances. The main thing is the modeling. I enjoyed your natural, quite varied ways of posing. All the expressions were there. Great!

Esther, thank you for taking part in this adventure! Not every daughter would be ready to do her first photo shoot together with her mother :). It was great to see that the two of you got on so well. I hope that your curiosity about glasses has gained an extra dimension by doing this photo shoot. Your new glasses with plano lenses (and Miriam's prescription glasses) will be delivered soon.

Hat off for mother and daughter behind crystal veil!