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For Ayesha's third birthday, we hired a live band and dressed Ayesha like an English girl, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1993
Art Institute of Chicago

We lie around like a normal mother and daughter, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1992
Art Institute of Chicago

Taking Ayesha to school, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1992
Art Institute of Chicago

We have the same gestures, even though Ayesha was not born from my stomach, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1991
Art Institute of Chicago

My first year of happiness in my life was with Ayesha, never before had I been so happy, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1990
Art Institute of Chicago

To my left is my Guru Chaman, and to my right is my guru's eunuch brother Dugi, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1990
Art Institute of Chicago

Ayesha fulfilled my dream of becoming a mother, so I celebrated her first birthday for 3 days and 3 nights and invited over 2000 eunuchs from India, Pakistan and Bangladesh, from the series "Myself Mona Ahmed"
Dayanita Singh
Gelatin silver print · 1990
Art Institute of Chicago