The actress and her 23-year-old son posed for photos together at the Breakthrough ... Craig T Fruchtman/Getty Jodie Foster and her son Kit made a rare red carpet appearance together!

Enter Jodie ... got into photography while pursuing a career in acting, telling Genius List, "When I started making money as an actor, a friend of mine gave me a little point and shoot film ...

It's an intricate puzzle box and a psychological probe of our darkest impulses and fears, one that gave Jodie Foster ... part of the shoot had to be postponed until after Foster gave birth.