Motherhood ensures the propagation of the human race, and so it is celebrated in a series of archival images in The Continuation. Mothers, families, children, old, young, urban and rural all highlight the fterences among the mothers of the world. However, the pain of labor, the encouraging doctors and bapny moments from the past for all members of the family underscore a universal experience that cuts across generations, classes and cultures. As time passes and our world changes - for better and for worse -one constant is the joy of motherhood.