Carrie Jones, The Pivotal Moment 3 (PEOPLE 2023)

Part of a series of images capturing the pivotal moment, where you are no longer plunging into the deep, rather, for a split second, the momentum has stalled and you begin your rapid ascent, rising from the depths. As a Mum, as a photographer, as a partner, I have sat in this moment many times. For me it is both a moment of melancholy and of new found optimism.

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