On Seeing, A Journal. #455
Growing Up: Emily Martin
November 9, 2021
10 years and 27 years
I have studied over 200 children from childhood into their 20’s. I began some when they were newborns; others, as is the case with Emily, started about the time they could read and write. For all of them I made annual studio portraits and asked them to write answers to a series of questions, a kind of diary about their lives, their feelings, their hopes, their regrets.
This special young woman, Emily Martin, proved to be as remarkable and authentic as any of the many young people I have had the privilege to get to know. She is talented, has always focused diligently on playing the piano and was, every time she came to the studio, sweet, joyous and lovely.
What a soul she is.
8 years old
9 years old
10 years old
11 years old
12 years old
13 years old
14 years old
15 years old
16 years old
17 years old
19 years old
20 years old
21 years old
25 years old
27 years old
Thank you, Emily (and mom). We wish you much luck and great success.
Permission was signed by the parents of each and every child every year, and by the participants themselves once they turned 18. In addition, we have now sent copies of all of their writings and edited photographs to the participants for whom I have finished all my editing and have received full permission from that group to publish and post.
