This Mom Spent 17 Years Documenting Her Son Growing Up And The Pictures Are Very Powerful

Annie Wang is an internationally acclaimed photographer from Taipei City, Taiwan. Back in 2001, before her son was born, she started a photo series titled ‘The Mother As A Creator‘. In the series, she documents her child growing up and it has been an ongoing project for 17 years.

Read more 2001 – The day before I was due to give birth

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2002 – Pressing the camera shutter together

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2003 – My son’s leg was in plaster

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2004 – Celebrating Christmas

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2005 – Setting up the exhibition

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2006 – Working hard

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2010 – Moving and uncertain

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2011 – Making dreams

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2014 – At the same height

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2018 – Arguing for freedom

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Here’s what people had to say about the powerful photo series