Paula Ninkovic, Undefined: The mums of Carlo (PORTRAIT 2023)

The role of a mum is a tough one. Sometimes it’s easy to get lost in that role, to be defined as a mum and to forget who you are, or once were. What led me to this collaboration were the lovely women I had met at my sons’ school. Mum's who helped at the canteen, or the uniform shop, and went to reading groups. Mum's who organised the school disco, attended the P&F meetings and carpooled your kids. The mum's of Carlo. Every now and then, these mum's would show snippets of themselves, other sides of them that didn’t involve baking cookies for the school fete. This series of images portrays this other side, of 3 wonderful women who are not only mum's, but much more. Meet Niki, Denise and Jenai,

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