Some mothers (among whom I find myself) and some fathers, we tend to call girls 'princesses', or boys 'princes'; of course they cannot aspire to the category of king of the house, since this is reserved to the parents. The first years of my children's lives, if the appellation in question escaped me, yes ... it sounded very strange and out of place.
Although the girl has been to follow the Disney princesses (fortunately little by little she forgets them), they have never seemed to me a good model, yes, and I know that they could be liking and not influencing her. But being a pink princess is so boring! And my daughter has so many qualities to recognize her.
From her I can expect her to be a painter, although also an inventor, and to become a well-known roller hockey player, or even to disclose little known customs of insects, turned into a brilliant entomologist. My daughter can be an affectionate mother, and at the same time a defender of women's rights; it is possible that he fulfills one of his dreams (being an astronaut), or also that he dedicates himself to composing successful musical works. But princess? Do your parents belong to royalty? Well, something similar thought the photographer Jaime Moore when her little daughter Emma turned five, and she sought inspiration for photographs that would be a memory of that age. He realized that Disney princesses are a reference for other mothers and other girls. Regardless of what part of this relationship (mother / daughter) it occurs to resemble the protagonists of these ñoñas movies, he decided that in the world there have been (and there are) real women who have done a lot for themselves and for others , and that the girl could use to know them very closely, Thus was born the series of photographs 'Not just a girl ...'.
Emma as Hellen KellerActivists who got women to vote, scientists who have made important discoveries, policies that govern their countries, writers who have created timeless works, climbers who have climbed more than eight thousand. Isn't it important that they know they can cherish their goals if they set it? And with this idea, Jaime launched some photographs in which the girl dressed and posed as Amelia Eahart, Coco Chanel, Jane Goodall, Susan B. Anthony or Hellen Keller.
Emma as Amelia EahartI thought it was a beautiful idea, after all it is much more productive and interesting to find inspiration in people whose model is achievable in practice. A few months later Jaime started a crowfuding project in Indie Gogo, which has ended without getting the necessary funding; I wanted to continue exploring everything that so many women of any origin, culture and social condition can bring to today's girls.
Emma as a presidential candidate
