• 2022 Capstone
    • Omar Noah Gonzalez
    • Jade Luther
    • Eden Smith
    • Aaron Heinrich
    • Dawson Peters
    • Elliot Lovell
    • Christyana Fletcher
    • Alyson Disbrow
    • Omar Barrera
    • Sarah Tuttleman
    • Jack McMIllan
    • Leanne Brodie
    • Meghann Grace Peltz
    • Cameron Zucker
    • Kylie Brennan
    • Tesa Ahuna Turqueza
    • AJ Edelman
    • Sydney Fife
  • 2021 Capstone
    • Juana Apachito
    • Caleb Autry
    • Kylie Barela
    • Carlynn Begay
    • Timmy Deppe
    • Michael Gregersen
    • Charlotte Haston
    • Madeleine Howard
    • Alan Kammerman
    • Diana Ochs
    • Michael Patacsil
    • AnnaLycia Patrice
    • Marisa "MP" Pinette
    • Celia Reid
    • Maria Saldivar
    • Lindsay Tolstedt
    • Kayla Willis
    • Natalie Wiseman
    • Tyler Woodward
    • Yingni Wu
  • 2020 Capstone
    • Alastair Poll
    • Austin Sudweeks
    • Bess Valdez
    • Carynn Meyers
    • Cassidy Coles
    • Cecilia Polichetti
    • Claire Sipos
    • Courtney Jorgenson
    • David Williams
    • Emilio Ferrara
    • Grace Oresman
    • James Muraki
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    • Shannon Cowan
    • Shannon Swain
    • Shelby Sorensen
    • Sierra Olson
    • Stephanie McLean
    • Tehlor Takahata

MARIA RENE MARSH

my

mother 

was

my first country.

the first place i ever lived


–Lands

Nayyirah Waheed


My father capturing our lives on film is one of my favorite childhood memories and my earliest experience with photography. Throughout my childhood, he followed us with his ever-present, leather-clad 35 mm Kodak camera, as he faithfully chronicled our lives. Watching slide shows projected onto the yellowing walls of our living room was a pastime cherished by my family. I am forever grateful for the enduring memories he made as testimony to our lives as a family and our relationships with our mother. I am most grateful for the photographs he made of my mother and myself, together. Lamentably, only snapshots of her and me remain and we have no formal photographs from my adulthood.



Becoming a mother, I have experienced the sacred quality of the mother/daughter relationship.  The unique and singular bond that exists inspires me. Photographing mothers and daughters has given me the opportunity to fill a need within myself that I could not name. I am drawn to capture authentic moments of closeness, tenderness and complexity between mothers and daughters.  I have reached a stage in life where my mother is no longer alive.  The photos I have of her serve as the flame to keep our memories lit.  I hope to provide this kind of sanctuary of memory for the subjects in my portraits.

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Emme, Janean and Riley Quigley

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Kelly and Judy Ivicek

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Barb and Jessica Mesa

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Kate and Terri Mosely

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Dori Ulibarri and Lisa Hatch

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Meg and Marissa Moezzi

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Anna, Marissa and Michelle Hoffman

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Alexa Cordova, Story Eveleth and Marilee Eveleth

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Abigail and Kortney Zesiger

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Haven, Kari and Seren Dubel

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Jan Wright and Amanda Kaldenbaugh

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Maria and Allyson Marsh

NAU PHOTOGRAPHY CAPSTONE