“A mother is everything. Starting with the creation of life and passing through the different stages of developments: the protection, the feeding, the love, and the teachings that we call civilization. It is through the mother’s hands that a child becomes a man or a woman,” writes Carolina Herrera in the foreword for the new book Mother and Child by Claiborne Swanson Frank (Assouline). Inside this tome, 70 families, including Lauren Santo Domingo and Carolina Herrera Jr and their children, are photographed in classic and candid images in their natural environments.
“The beauty not only lies in the images themselves, but in what they represent: the unbreakable bond between a mother and a child, and the beauty that is motherhood,” concludes Herrera. Alongside the romantic pictures, Swanson Frank’s friend poses questions to each mother on parenting styles, personal regrets and joys. A meaningful gift for moms-to-be and mothers celebrating their day this month.