Nyenhuis Mother/Daughter

Artist, Photographer and Teacher Eric Mueller is the Edge of Humanity Magazine contributor of this photo essay.  From the book/project ‘Family Resemblance’.

Kassel Daughter/Mother

What does it mean to resemble another person?

When I was forty-five, I received a photograph of my birth mother in the mail—the first time I ever saw someone who looked like me. Seeing myself in another person’s face was a lightning bolt so powerful it divided my life into everything that happened before that moment from everything that happened after.

It’s a basic human desire to seek recognition by others, and physical resemblance is often the first form of recognition we experience. You’ll see a new parent flush with pleasure when that physical resemblance is commented upon: “He looks just like you” or “She has her mother’s eyes.”[…]

Croatt Sisters

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