IAPBP Image Of The Year Competition 2017: An Honourable Mention!
"Gentle Caesarean Birth"
The very first photo taken of this little boy, granted an honourable mention! Shared with permission from his incredible family.
I recently entered a photo titled "Gentle Caesarean Birth" into the 2017 competition of the International Association of Professional Birth Photographers. It's kind of like the Oscars for birth photographers (and yes a big thing in our world).
Guess What?!
I was one of the few to be awarded an honourable mention! My heart is bursting with pride & gratitude right now!!!
The story behind this photo is powerful and so moving. The incredible mama has shared some of her birth story with us:
"I wanted to feel like I was giving birth, not having surgery.
This meant I watched our baby’s head being delivered. Our obstetrician agreed to deliver our baby’s head, then stand back so our baby could start to breathe on it’s own... I can’t even begin to describe what I felt watching our baby lie on my stomach, seemingly asleep! It was the most beautiful, raw, magical and amazing experience I could have ever imagined. And Belle captured it perfectly.
Birth, in itself, is such a raw, honest and emotional journey and I am filled with gratitude that I was finally able to bring a baby earth-side in a way that felt completely ‘right’ for me. My wish for the future is that other women are able to have positive birth experiences, no matter which way their baby enters our world."
There were so many incredible entries this year - 0ver 600 worldwide! It is inspiring to see such good work being done in Professional Birth Photography.
It's AMAZING to receive this Honourable Mention, especially when all the entries were so mind blowing. It also means Ricki Lake knows my name!
Sending a special and heartfelt THANK YOU to my amazing family, who let me share their son's first picture - it was one of my favourite moments to witness.
As this is the most exciting birth photography competition on a global scale, the media has celebrated with us, have a look:
BabyCenter, Babyology, Capital Bay News, Cosmopolitan, Daily Mail UK, Georgia Newsday, Good Housekeeping, Huffington Post, MogaznewsEm, Natural Parent Magazine and News 7 Paper
Congratulations to the 1st Place Winner Jaydene Freund of Cradled Creations Birth Photography with this stunning image
You can view all of the category winners, honorable mentions and entries here
Belle Verdiglione is your break-the-rules business coach, speaker, author and founder of Australia’s fastest growing female and non-binary photography community, The Camera Queens. Her ethos and soul’s mission is supporting women photographers to create a profitable and sustainable business that allows their own gifts to shine. This is collaboration over competition. The world needs more women with a fire ignited within them and Belle is here to hold space and advocate for women everywhere that their voice matters and they are worthy. You can still find Belle behind the lens exploring, learning, and creating magic in her own unique way and brand of photography, Potent Identity®; a genre of photography Belle coined herself that is wild, raw and captures the divine feminine, allowing her muse to be their own powerful inspiration. I’m here for the creators. Whatever story you’re here to tell, I’m right there alongside you.
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