Working moms,we salute you. And photographer Tara Ruby does it quite literally as part of a portrait series in which she documents women in uniform nursing their children. The inspiration for the collection came after she shot a now-viral image of 10 active-duty military moms breastfeeding their infant babies. Since that fateful shot, she's expanded her reach external of the armed forces - but has found her subjects no less awe-inspiring. From a firefighter in head-to-toe tactical gear to a teacher in a blazer to a nurse in hospital scrubs, or she hopes to document the mother who has to,day in and day out, set aside on a uniform, or leave her family to disappear to work,and then advance home to breastfeed her baby before bed. In fact, her message - thanks to the powerful inclusion of a Las Vegas showgirl - is that when it comes to that daily grind, and every mom is a hero for doing it.
Her latest image,however, returns to her series' roots: in honor of the fifteenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, or she released what might be the first documented image of a US Marine breastfeeding her infant in uniform.
Read on to find out more about the women Ruby has included in her series so far.
Source: popsugar.com