Photo Series 17
Couple creates funny ‘infertility announcements’ to help them through their struggles
In 2010, Spencer and Whitney started blogging about their struggles with infertility and adoption. In 2010, they adopted their first son and in 2014 they welcomed their second son into their home.… Keep Reading!!!
Mom uses a selfie stick to document life with baby and it gets real
Move over mommies with romanticized and highly stylized Instagram accounts, there is a new woman in town. Skorobogatova Yuliya of Moscow decided to show the world what it is really like as a stay-at-home-mom… and stuff got real… really real…
For those of you who are or have ever been primary caregivers of small children, this will hit close to home.
The human alarm clock
Even though I appreciate all forms of breastfeeding photos because help normalize our society’s … Keep Reading!!!
Photographer recreates last meals of death row inmates
Henry Hargreaves, of New Zealand, was fascinated with the last meals of death row inmates. He decided to recreate the last meals of some of the most infamous executed prisoners for a photo series he titles “No Seconds”
Henry and his friend cooked the meals, but had a hard time eating them. Not because of how eery the project was though.
… Keep Reading!!!It was kind of like going to a hospital and eating the lunch of someone who’s just been pronounced
Grandma Graffiti Gang hits the streets of Portugal
Gone are the days of sitting in a retirement home playing bridge all day. This group of Granny Graffiti Artists are showing that you can still be a badass over the age of 65. LATA 65 is an art project that hands out spray paint to seniors and allows them to decorate the alleys of Lisbon, Portugal’s neglected neighborhoods.
So far, LATA 65 has brought 100 seniors out to beautify the city.
Photo series shows how women arm themselves every day to feel safe
We live in a world where rape culture exists. I said it! No pussy footing around it. And women are victims. Too often women are scoffed at when they bring this up. “Not all men” they say. “Don’t drink so much” they warn. “Stop dressing like a slut” they judge.
We need to look no further than this photo project to show that women constantly feel scared, and this will not change until the culture does. These women were given … Keep Reading!!!
Inside maternity bags of expectant mothers around the world
International nonprofit WaterAid has come out with a series of photos focussing on what moms around the world pack in their bags when preparing to give birth. The goal is to raise awareness of the lack of clean water, hygiene and sanitation in many areas. In some areas it is so bad that hospitals don’t even have safe water access.
Australia
Katy Shaw is 31.
In her bag she packs toiletries, snacks, diapers, hat, socks, mittens, clothes and swaddles … Keep Reading!!!
Photographer takes breastfeeding photos to a real, raw, and beautiful place
Photographer Suzie Blake wanted to do a photo project that showed the realities of what day to day breastfeeding looks like. She stripped away the make-up, the fancy hair, and the pretty backdrops to get real and raw. Suzie started with a self-portrait of an over tired-mom and reached out on Facebook looking for other moms to participate.
… Keep Reading!!!This project is about portraying breastfeeding in all its beautiful messiness. This is about tired eyes and no makeup. This is about
Photographer celebrates preemies with his photo series ‘Les Premas’
November 17 is World Day of Prematurity, a day set aside to recognize all babies born premature. One Quebec based premie advocacy group, PremaQuebec, partnered with photographer RedM to create a photo series titled “Les Prémas”, or “The Preemies”, in English. The concept is simple, photograph kids and adults who were born premies, holding photos of themselves in the NICU.
Eva – 29 weeks
Elodie – 23 weeks
Thomas – 29 weeks
Julie – 7
… Keep Reading!!!‘Where the Children Sleep’ project shines light on the youngest Syrian victims
Ahmad, 7, in Horgos, Hungary
“Even sleep is not a free zone; it is then that the terror replays. Ahmad was home when the bomb hit his family’s house in Idlib. Shrapnel hit him in the head, but he survived. His younger brother did not. The family had lived with war as their nearest neighbor for several years, but without a home they had no choice. They were forced to flee. Now Ahmad lies among thousands of other refugees on … Keep Reading!!!
Demi Lovato poses nude and make-up free for Vanity Fair
After years of self-esteem and body issues, Demi Lovato chose to pose nude for Vanity Fair only if her three rules were agreed to by the photographer:
No Makeup. No Clothes. No Retouching.
It’s so refreshing to see a celebrity do a fully natural, completely raw photoshoot. It is wonderful to see it from someone who has been so openy about her own body image issues in the past. It was just five years ago that Demi entered rehab to … Keep Reading!!!
Father beautifully recreates photos of his late wife with his 3-year-old daughter
Rafael Del Col wanted to do a tribute to his late wife Tatiane Valques, so he and his three-year-old daughter Raisa recreated the couple‘s pictures together. While pregnant with their second child, Tatiane unexpectedly died in a car crash. This photo shoot was done to commemorate her, and to give Raisa a lasting memory and connection with her mother.
The original pictures were done in November 2009, a week before the Tatiane and Rafael were married.
In November 2014, exactly … Keep Reading!!!
‘We are not “still” nursing, we are just nursing’
Standing in front of the mirror, right after a shower, seeing your every imperfection staring back at you from the fog covered glass. We’ve all done this. Just stood there wishing we could change this and that. Our bodies do so much for us and demonstrate immeasurable strength. Yet we spend so much time thinking about how we can look better, rather than celebrating who we are. While there are often outside pressures from media and other women, we tend … Keep Reading!!!
