‘Hidden mother’ photos don’t erase moms − rather, they reveal the labor and love that support the child
- Written by Andrea Kaston Tange, Professor of English, Macalester College
While the mother's face isn't fully visible, the supportive arms encircling her child are.© Andrea Kaston Tange. All images are from the author’s private collectionCollectors relish so-called “hidden mother photographs” as historical oddities.
These 19th-century images contain very young children held still by half-obscured...
