La Virgen del Pilerio

Ann Shelton - Mummy

Louise Bourgeois - Mother and child

Linda Fregni Nagler - The Hidden Mother

“0232,” a photograph from Linda Fregni Nagler’s series The Hidden Mother.
All 997 daguerreotypes, tintypes, and albumen prints that comprise the series are currently on view in an exhibition curated by Cindy Sherman inside Il Palazzo Enciclopedico (The Encyclopedic Palace) at the Venice Biennale. Because of the long exposure times required by early photography, children posing for portraits were often held still by adults hidden under blankets. Courtesy the artist and Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan/Zuoz, Switzerland