For many of us, there's very little you can hide from your mother. They can read us like a book - a slight change in facial expression can speak a thousand words. But, on the flip side, how much do we really know our mothers?
This issue is the focus for photographer Nina Röder's series 'Mutters Schuhe' (translation: in mother's shoes).
Fascinated by her mother's life and the hidden structures in biographical stories, Nina decided to explore her mother's history and memories in a series of powerful photographs.
The series shows Nina, her mother and her grandmother, all wearing the same clothes in the same setting. The only difference between the images are subject and pose, which exposes the different stages of a woman's life.
Mutters Schuhe (my mother's shoe)
Nina(01 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mother was a hairdresser for almost 20 years. Although she was interested in getting higher education, my grandmother was so happy seeing her daughter working in our little town in Bavaria, that my mother wasn’t able to try something else or move out of town. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina's mother(02 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mother was a hairdresser for almost 20 years. Although she was interested in getting higher education, my grandmother was so happy seeing her daughter working in our little town in Bavaria, that my mother wasn’t able to try something else or move out of town. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina's grandmother(03 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mother was a hairdresser for almost 20 years. Although she was interested in getting higher education, my grandmother was so happy seeing her daughter working in our little town in Bavaria, that my mother wasn’t able to try something else or move out of town. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina(04 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mother's prom night has always stayed in her mind as a complete disaster. Not only was her date a bad dancer, he brought her carnations — the flower associated with graves in Germany. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina's grandmother(05 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mother's prom night has always stayed in her mind as a complete disaster. Not only was her date a bad dancer, he brought her carnations — the flower associated with graves in Germany. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina's mother(06 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mother's prom night has always stayed in her mind as a complete disaster. Not only was her date a bad dancer, he brought her carnations — the flower associated with graves in Germany. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina's mother(07 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mum's best friend died some years ago. She was the friend she first tried make up with, first got dressed up with. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina(08 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mum's best friend died some years ago. She was the friend she first tried make up with, first got dressed up with. (credit:Nina Röder)
Nina's grandmother(09 of09)
Open Image ModalMy mum's best friend died some years ago. She was the friend she first tried make up with, first got dressed up with. (credit:Nina Röder)
The photos were taken in her grandparents' house in Windsbach, a small town in Bavaria, Germany in 2008 when her mum was 54, Nina was 25 and her grandmother was 81 years old.
"I decided to focus on my mother's memories of her youth, not only because I wanted to get to know my mother better, but I wanted to learn indirectly more about myself," she told HuffPost UK Lifestyle.
"I wanted to see her not only as my mother, but as a woman who had a life before me - a life full of hopes, first loves, dreams and ideas."