黃子華在棟篤笑裡講過，最受歡迎的講朋友的流行歌曲，就是《朋友》。同理，母親節最值得講的照片，當然就是《Mother》。
許多攝影師都會為母親掌鏡，被譽為經典的却寥寥可數，生於末代沙皇歲月的Alexander Rodchenko就是其一。他年輕時已是才華洋溢的藝術家，也是構成主義（Productivism）的開山祖師之一，在1920年代接觸摄影之前，早是個出色的畫家及設計師，之後也集中在繪畫上。
在他不長的攝影生涯中，Rodchenko開創出獨特的攝影風格，他喜歡由極低或極高的角度拍攝，因為他覺得新的視覺能產生新的思考。他又喜歡玩「攝影蒙太奇」，在没有Photoshop的年代，剪輯照片拼貼成想要的畫面，在在反映出其構成主義的根底。
說回這幅1924年拍攝的《Mother》，當時33歲的他開始嘗試新的創作媒介，拍攝對象正是身邊朋友（如詩人馬雅可夫斯基）及59歲的母親Olga Evdokimova。印象中一直以為《Mother》是「慈母手中線，遊子身上衣」的場景，後來才發現攝影師的母親正在閱讀。
Olga原本是个文盲，到50多歲時才慢慢學懂看字，當時攝影師正在試用新買的相機，見到媽媽拿著眼鏡閱讀桌上的報刊，一副慈祥的臉龐加上聚精會神的表情，就把這一瞬間定格了下來。後來傳頌的《Mother》人像版本，是攝影師從原作裁剪出來的，母親的黑色頭巾更加突出，畫面聚焦在她的臉部表情及手部動作上，長滿皺紋的手拿著單眼鏡片，個性更鮮明，也讓人好奇她正在閱讀什麼内容。
Today is Mother’s Day. It reminds me of the “Mother” taken by Russian art Alexander Rodchenko in 1924. He started to create with photography at the age of 33, and his subjects were friends (such as the poet Vladimir Mayakovsky) and his 59-year-old mother, Olga Evdokimova. Olga was originally an illiterate. However, she learned to read in her 50s. So when Rodchenko saw his mother was reading with glasses, he instantly captured the moment.
Rodchenko cropped the acclaimed version of “Mother ” from the original work. As a result, the picture focuses on Olga’s facial expressions and gestures, and her black turban is more prominent. Her wrinkled hand holds the glasses very eye-catching, and it makes people wonder what she is reading.
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