The view from my belly button #17The Mama Eroina (Heroine Mother) title for maternity was given to women with 10 children or more during communist times in Romania. Ana Ursache (75) received hers on the birth of her 20th child Elena in 1986. Iasi, Moldova Region, Romania. Here, she cries as she describes her lonely childhood as an only child of a single mother, and how that experience inspired her to have a large family of her own. Image by Anastasia Taylor-Lind @anastasiatl

#negativezero is a photographic project by Anastasia Taylor-Lind about Europe’s declining populations. To join her on her roadtrip and find out more about the project please follow her on facebook bit.ly/negativezero