Sasha Arutyunova spent the day creating these beautiful videos and photos of the painter Salman Toor at work in his Brooklyn studio. Paired with Zachary Small’s lovely words. Co-produced with Josie Sedgwick.
Two years of Olive Bonnie Ruben-Gettens! I ask her every day if she’s real because she’s such an absolute dream baby. The love is beyond. Happy birthday, Oli baby!
“Entering into motherhood has been simultaneously strange and second nature to me. This brand new person whom I’ve known only a short period of time is the person I care about the most in the world. We were instantly best friends just like my mom and I were.Â
Having a daughter after you’ve lost your mother doesn’t fill the void that the loss leaves in you, but it does give you a place for the love to go.Â
There’s this amazing new woman in my life who looks just like the amazing woman I lost so I get to see my mom everyday in Olive. And becoming the mother in the mother-daughter dynamic means I also, when I’m lucky, see her in myself.” Jolie Ruben
To celebrate Mother’s Day, AERON invited eight women to share their unique perspective on motherhood. From last Sunday to this Sunday, each day we showcase a personal journey that contributes to a collective narrative that celebrates the diversity and the beauty of motherhood.
@jolieruben is a New York-based Photo Editor living in Brooklyn. She works in both digital and print media with photography focused on the Arts. Her daughter, Olive, just turned 1.
A few scenes from “Crafting Modernity: Design in Latin America, 1940-1980” at MoMA photographed by @cgbp for a critic’s notebook by @michael_kimmelman .
