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Not too far from how my first tooth was removed…
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This is a great piece exploring “glamour shots” during childbirth. Honestly, I would not have wanted photographs being taken while I labored for the exact reason she cites: having a camera in your face affects how you act. In those moments or working through pain, I think I would have felt distracted by the camera.
However, I was so focused on pushing during the delivery, that I might not have cared about having a photographer there at that moment. When you are that task oriented, it is as if everything else drops out of view. If it was a good photographer, I assume that they too would just recede into the distance.
Also, I’m struck by the image of the first (beautiful) woman delivering her baby. On the National Geographic site, it says that at this moment she was screaming “I love you baby.” I love that. I had that exact same moment of calling out my son. As you may have read, he was a little slow to come out. I had a similar moment where I needed to harness my power to summon him out into the world. I screamed his name and beseeched him to come out. It was the first time I’d (purposefully) said his name in public. I love that she’s captured that exact moment in childbirth. If I had a photo of our moment like that in which I looked even half that good, I would have been thrilled. Maybe I wouldn’t share it with the world, but I’d keep it and remember the power I had to welcome my son into the world.
Several people have sent me links this week to birth photos entered in National Geographic’s 2011 Photo Contest (examples below).
Here’s the thing about this. I think childbirth, and the body, are pretty awesome and fascinating, and I wish we had more images in our collective consciousness that…
Happily Ever After?
In the last couple of days, I’ve been seeing a lot of links to the work of a graphic design student who created the project, “What If The Disney Princesses Were Real”? His art is lovely and beautifully executed (and you can find it here), but it’s not for me.
My heart belongs to photographer Dina Goldstein. She gained fame last year for her series, “Fallen Princesses.” Her work REALLY asks: What if the Disney princesses were real? She has a book available as well.
