'I wanted to know how their worlds were different from the world I had grown up in, with strict Catholic parents,' she said.
'I was scared of this project for a while because I didn't know how I would find subjects or if these women would be open to sharing their stories,' she wrote. She came up with the idea for 'Porn Moms' four years ago, but it took some time before she pursued the project.
Koeth explained on her website that her series got its start when she attended the Exxxotica Expo in Edison, New Jersey, in November 2017 and met Emily Mena, a 25-year-old adult film star and mom. Writer Laura Lee Huttenbach transcribed the interviews and wrote captions to accompany each of the women's photos as part of the project, revealing the women's career aspirations and their hopes for their children. ' The photographer also conducted video interviews with the moms about their individual experiences. Mary Beth Koeth, 37, from Florida, traveled across the country to photograph these women at home with their children for her latest project, ' Porn Moms. Mothers who work in the adult film industry are the subjects of a photographer's powerful new series that explores the balance between motherhood and their work in pornography.