Mawmaw by Anthony Wilson
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Mawmaw by photographer and director Anthony Wilson is an intimate, long-term exploration of West Virginia’s grandfamilies, households where children are raised by their grandparents.
“What began as a documentary project quickly became babysitting, dinners, holidays, birthdays, and deep relationships. These families welcomed me as one of their own. Most visits I would hardly photograph at all. I would spend entire days with them and they would never let me leave hungry. I came to understand each family’s unique circumstances and how crucial their Mawmaws are in their lives.
This journey transformed me as well. It taught me how to be a father, a role I once thought I might never know how to do. In the final year of photographing these families, I visited their homes with my own baby daughter in my arms. I am forever grateful for Mawmaw.” - Anthony Wilson
Published by Guest Editions and Pomegranate Press.
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