“Nobody will ever win the battle of the sexes. There’s too much fraternizing with the enemy.” ~ Henry Kissinger
A lesson in history.
Photographer Jaime Moore was looking for inspirational ideas to celebrate her daughter Emma’s 5th birthday, and ended up photographing her beautiful girl posing as some of the most influential women in history. Jaime chose 5 women for Emma to impersonate, and thus her daughter became the mini version of Coco Chanel, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, Helen Keller and Jane Goodall.
“I had been searching everywhere for new-creative inspiration for her 5yr pictures. I noticed quite a pattern of so many young girls dressing up as beautiful Disney Princesses. It started me thinking about all the REAL women for my daughter to know about and look up too, REAL women who without ever meeting Emma have changed her life for the better,” says Jaime. “I wanted her to know the value of these amazing women who had gone against everything so she can now have everything. So let’s set aside the Barbie Dolls and the Disney Princesses for just a moment, and let’s show our girls the REAL women they can be,” she explained.
We have a duty to our daughters, to teach them our shared history. How far we have come because of these and many more brave, pioneering women who influenced that history and how far we are yet to go.
Some things can’t be covered…
In a groundbreaking move the King Khalid foundation released this photo as part of their campaign against domestic violence. The campaign, No More Abuse, is supposed to raise awareness of domestic abuse in Saudi Arabia. The picture depicts a beaten woman whose wounds are being covered up by her niqab. We hear so much about the violation of women’s rights in this part of the world, it’s no wonder this campaign has garnered such significant response on social media. Many have applauded it for being the first of it’s kind. It’s certainly a step in the right direction.
