From the Roots, It Grows

From the Roots, It Grows is an ongoing photographic project in which I portray my daughters and their process of growing up. The work explores childhood and early adolescence as a time of transition, where identities are forming and relationships—especially sisterhood—are constantly changing. The project focuses on the evolving dynamics between siblings. As the children grow, their relationship shifts between closeness and distance, care and conflict, dependence and independence. These changes happen gradually and cannot be reduced to a single moment; instead, they unfold over time. The photographs are rooted in long-term observation and everyday life rather than staged situations. Nature is a central element of the work. The children are photographed in close connection with natural environments, which function both as a physical setting and as a metaphor for growth, roots, and continuity. The natural landscape mirrors the slow, organic rhythm of growing up—something that cannot be controlled or accelerated, only witnessed. The title From the Roots, It Grows refers to generational continuity and inherited ways of being. The project is grounded in my position as both a mother and a photographer. Although I remain behind the camera, my presence shapes the images: the gaze is intimate, attentive, and based on trust developed over time. The project examines how growth can be made visible through photography and how relationships—between sisters, between children and their environment, and between mother and daughters—leave traces that emerge only through duration and repetition. The work seeks to portray childhood not as a fixed state, but as an ongoing process of becoming.