Corinne May Botz's 'Milk Factory' Documents Lactation Spaces Across the U.S.
Corinne May Botz's project, "Milk Factory," explores lactation spaces throughout the United States, featuring a film, photographs, and an upcoming book published by Saint Lucy Books in 2025. The film prominently showcases the lactation suite at the Longworth House Office Building, part of the U.S. House of Representatives. Botz initiated the project by capturing images of her pumping room at John Jay College. Highlighting the lack of paid family leave in the U.S., her work was displayed at the Museum of Arts and Design's "Designing Motherhood" exhibition in fall 2025. Botz is represented by Benrubi Gallery and resides in the Hudson Valley, NY.
Key facts
- Corinne May Botz's 'Milk Factory' documents lactation spaces across the U.S.
- The project includes a film, photographs, and a book published by Saint Lucy Books (2025).
- The film is set in the lactation suite at the Longworth House Office Building of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- The work was featured in the Museum of Arts and Design's 'Designing Motherhood' exhibition in fall 2025.
- Botz began the project by photographing her own pumping room at John Jay College.
- The project highlights that the U.S. is the only high-resource country without paid family leave.
- Botz's photographs have been exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum, Kunstmuseum Basel, Turner Contemporary, and Wellcome Collection.
- Botz is represented by Benrubi Gallery and based in the Hudson Valley, NY.
Entities
Artists
- Corinne May Botz
Institutions
- Saint Lucy Books
- Museum of Arts and Design
- Brooklyn Museum
- Kunstmuseum Basel
- Turner Contemporary
- Wellcome Collection
- John Jay College of Criminal Justice
- International Center of Photography
- Benrubi Gallery
- Longworth House Office Building
- U.S. House of Representatives
- The New York Times
- Washington Post
- The Boston Globe
- Slate
- Bookforum
- Alice Austen House Museum
- Bellwether Gallery
- Hudson Hall
- Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago
- Württembergischer Kunstverein
- De Appel
- Smack Mellon
- Fidelity Collection
- New York Foundation for the Arts
- Jerome Foundation
Locations
- United States
- New York
- Hudson Valley, NY
- Chicago
- Basel
- Switzerland
- London
- Berlin
- Amsterdam