article_snippet: Jessica Todd Harper's's mother was a big fan of the arts, and Harper's mother would take young Jessica Todd Harper's and Harper's mother sister to local art museums where young Harper and her sister would copy paintings by hand, progressing from crayons to charcoal and, eventually, to pastels.
article_snippet: I wanted to be just like Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent; those were the artists that I would copy a lot as a child," Harper's mother said.
article_snippet: Harper's mother emphasizes that Harper's mother photos are not the everyday snapshots that many parents post on Facebook -- the photos of children at various stages in many parents lives, attending birthday parties or riding tricycles.
article_snippet: The combination of Jessica Todd Harper's's color palette and the use of natural light fills every inch of Harper's mother photos with rich detail.
article_snippet: Many of Jessica Todd Harper's's photos contain several generations of Harper's mother family, highlighting connections between the present, past and future.
article_snippet: While the people Jessica Todd Harper's photographs are predominantly those most familiar with Harper's mother, Harper's mother makes an effort to not allow Harper's mother camera to completely consume the lives of Harper's mother subjects.
article_snippet: While Jessica Todd Harper's recognizes that raising young children can be intense and tiresome, Harper's mother emphasizes it is vital to take the initiative to create memories -- not simply wait to capture certain moments.
article_snippet: This is evident with the self-portrait Harper's mother made holding Harper's mother son Nicholas, stopping Harper's mother family in the midst of her family dinner preparations.
article_snippet: I felt a little bit of guilt about making this picture," Jessica Todd Harper's said.
article_snippet: Jessica Todd Harper is an American photographer based in Philadelphia.