Pure - Hardcover

Anne Geddes

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0740726412 ISBN 13: 9780740726415

Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

No one photographs babies like celebrated Australian photographer Anne Geddes. From the launch of her first photographic greeting cards and calendar in 1992 to the phenomenal success of her books Down in the Garden and Until Now, her unique photos have touched millions of people worldwide. Now, in her stunning new full-color hardcover book, Pure, Anne achieves a completely new level of photographic artistry and vision.Four years in the making, Pure offers breathtaking images that intimately evoke the wonder of the first precious days and weeks of life. With eyes tightly shut, in wrinkly new skin, unaffected by and unaware of the world that awaits them, these newborns hint at the mysterious world before birth.The miracle of life shines from each sumptuous, oversized page. Geddes presents these babies in their purest form to "emphasize the fact that they are vulnerable, fragile, and very precious human beings." The revealing images of these "just borns" epitomize the words that accompany them-"Unique," "Perfect," "Extraordinary."Mothers, too, are shown anew through Anne Geddes' lens. Real women in the full bloom of pregnancy radiate serenity and promise. Mothers enfold babies in their arms, highlighting the beautiful bond between them. They reveal our shared humanity-beautiful, vulnerable, loved. Pure is a powerful reminder that we all begin life small, innocent, and full of potential.Pure showcases Anne Geddes' extraordinary talent and her gift with newborn babies as never before. It is a celebration of life and birth sure to become a treasured volume the world over.

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About the Author

Born and raised in Queensland, Australia, Anne Geddes is the world's best-selling photographer. Her classic images of newborns grace greeting cards, calendars, books, stationary, and photo albums and are curently published in more than 50 countries. Anne's books have sold more the 14 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 15 languages.Her new collection of baby clothing designed for babies up to 12 months is now available exlusively on-line. She and her husband, Kel, live in New Zealand with their two daughters.

From Publishers Weekly

Black and white newborns and mothers are featured in full color in Australian photographer Geddes's latest postpartum spectacular. It has been more than five years since Down in the Garden, Geddes's bestselling set of stylized babies-as-flowers. These 123 new color and b&w photographs offer a variety of mother-and-child poses and guises, many of which, through the ingenious use of body stockings and some careful camera work, simulate pregnancy: here are babies in fetal position on mother's stomach, held in place by flesh-like mesh; babies surrounded by strange, womb-simulating white fluff; babies projected into Mars-like pulsing red-yellow backdrops suggesting a living womb. The effect is unsettling, to say the least. There are also more conventional shots of newborns precariously balanced on women's backs or nestled at the breast, and simple, intense closeups of sleeping infants. Single words appear en face to the full-page photos: "DELIGHTFUL," "MIRACULOUS," "DELICATE," "CHERISHED." What aren't they doing? Screaming, eating, moving or looking expectantly at the viewer and demanding something they cannot yet verbalize. These babies are like Geddes's other preferred subject, flowers: beautiful, silent, content. Yet fantasy and idealization are as much a part of life as gritty verit‚: Geddes's books have sold 15 million copies in 50 countries.
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About this edition

• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0740726412
• ISBN 13: 9780740726415
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 220