30 Women Photographed Before And After Becoming Mothers
Motherhood changes you in ways you can actually see, and photographer Vaida Markeviciute captured that shift perfectly. Her series shows women before having their first child and then again after becoming mothers. The differences are subtle but real. Softer eyes. Stronger posture. A calm that only comes from raising a tiny human who does not care about your old sleep schedule.
Vaida is a mother herself, so the project feels honest. She noticed a change in her own expression after becoming a parent and wondered if other women felt it too. These portraits suggest they did. Nothing is staged. Nothing is dramatic. Just real people moving into a new chapter and carrying the weight and warmth of parenting on their faces.
Here are some of the portraits from her project, showing how much motherhood can reshape a person in quiet and powerful ways.
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