October 29 - November 5, 2025

Alicia Mersy: Mom Wisdom

For one week only, purchase two limited edition prints by Alicia Mersy to benefit the making of her photo-book Mom Wisdom.

Mom Wisdom is an archive of portraits and interviews with 66 mothers in New York City. Photographed on 35mm film with my Contax G2 in the spaces where they live and create—homes, studios, sublets, gardens, buildings—each image is paired with excerpts from our conversations, offering fragments of their wisdom on motherhood.

“Every photograph in this book is developed and printed by me, by hand, in a darkroom in the Lower East Side. This isn’t just about capturing an image it’s about spending time with the mothers I document, picking the right colors, playing with the chemicals, testing, printing… It lets me stay close to each mother and their teachings while I’m building the book. Each print carries the rhythm of my hands and the mothers energy and wisdom. This book is dedicated to all the women who raise this City. This book is dedicated to all the mothers with stars in their eyes and who love super loud.” – Alicia Mersy

85% of proceeds from this sale will go directly to the artist for the production of her upcoming monograph. 15% of proceeds go to Speciwomen for the fulfillment of this project, its production oversight and the longetivity of our organization in support of artists and their projects.

At the beginning, when I gave birth

I didn’t want to be near mothers

I didn’t want to talk about

diapers and strollers and milks

I wanted to stay an artist

But then I started to feel a gap

I realized I need mothers

I need their wisdom

So I opened my eyes, 

I took down my guards and my filters

and I started walking around

New York City to find

unapologetic nomadic wild

hearted free spirit city

mothers.

About the artist

Alicia Mersy’s practice includes video, installation, photography and spiritual exploration. She uses the camera as a conduit for understanding others—strangers, friends, and loved ones—while creating space for conversation, collaboration, and education. Mersy examines repressive social and political structures, self-representation, and technology as a means to forge new pathways of understanding between unlikely parties. In this vein, her work becomes a locus for healing and personal and collective peace, where free spirits, radicals, revolutionaries, artists, and the audience come together to build solidarity and understanding.