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From the traveling exhibit Mother.Culture.
Currently showing in Sacramento’s Phantom Gallery through January 2008.
Contact Rachel Valley to make an appointment for a private showing.
This work stems from reading blogs and articles surrounding public breastfeeding. I saw great support in the articles and quite the opposite. Men and women describing breastfeeding as “dirty and gross”.
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Holly Werner
Wow! This is a very stirring image. Nice work.
H M Bascom
Fantastic. Love that used condom, the trash all around. Beautiful child and mother among all the filth. Great work
Otilee
Oh my god this is so poignant. The concept is so f**king cool I cant even begin to comment. Just simply wow! fantastic piece!! :D
Karen Cougan
OMG too, amazing work…........well thought out process….........congrats
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Trevor Patters...
Brilliant idea and really well executed image. Well done.
Peace Mitchell
Very powerful image.
Greg Francis
Its hard to fatham how even some women would describe breast feeding an dirty & gross . An amazing image Well done Rachel
Damian
This one really highlights the oddity of opinions against breastfeeding!
minoan
F’n wonderful!
Duncan Waldron
Great series. I’m at a loss to understand why anyone would describe such a fundamental and vital process as dirty & gross. Guilt, I guess.
I remember reading about people of all ages being surveyed about this question; sometimes those who complained about it hadn’t actually noticed the feeding mums discreetly doing what they had to (placed there deliberately, to make a point). Teenage lads were the most disgusted…
Well done.
Rachel Valley
Thanks so much for your comment! You really made my day with your thoughtful insight. And I am glad that the series has successfully struck a cord.