UNDO MOTHERHOOD:
a photobook about women who regret motherhood
UNDO MOTHERHOOD:
a photobook about women who regret motherhood
UNDO MOTHERHOOD explores the reasons why a significant number of women around the world today regret becoming mothers and points a finger at the patriarchal institution of motherhood, which from a very young age pushes women to become mothers, promising the utmost fulfilment and happiness, and then abandons them, very often at the cost of their own lives. The women in the project love their children and are excellent mothers when judged according to society’s standards, and yet they hate the oppressive mother role that robbed them of their own existence and suffer through it in silence, feeling it to be the worst mistake they have made. This book is a wake-up call for society which is built upon violence and discrimination against women and uses the myth of happy motherhood to keep women under control in a subservient role.
· 17x22cm slipcase with 7 booklets
· 340 pages on Munken Polar paper containing texts and images
· 135 photos
· A hand-made pop-up included in the special edition
The book will be published in collaboration with the Dutch photobook publisher SCHILT PUBLISHING in September 2021. Funds collected via Kickstarter Campaign will cover partially the production costs estimated at approx. 20.000 EUR.
Minimum goal on Kickstarter: 9.500 EUR
Book price: 50 EUR
Campaign link: available in May 2021
My name is Diana Karklin. I am a professional photographer and hold a Master´s degree from the EFTI International Center for Photography and Cinema in Madrid. “Undo motherhood” is my first completed long-term project. My personal interests revolve around women´s issues, gender and feminism which in my creative work I approach from a poetic intimate angle.