Strong Is the New Pretty: A Photographic Journey

(Continued): I wanted to continue that feeling of "You are OK just as you are" with my girls. Being a mother of little girls only cemented my belief even more. Encouraging strength, confidence, kindness, as well as toughness was the path we decided upon when we started raising our girls. This feeling and sentiment bled over into my photography where oftentimes everything is beautiful or photoshopped to look perfect. I wanted to show the beauty, uniqueness, and strength of my girls (and their friends) in the imperfect. Messy hair, dirty faces, brave, angry, joyous, whatever is was . . . I wanted to capture it. All these emotions make up childhood.

Source: Kate T. Parker Photography