Heartwarming Portraits Of Mothers On Their First Day Of Motherhood
Jenny Lewis, a portrait photographer based in the U.K., has created a beautiful photo series of mothers posing with their one-day-old (or, as the series name suggests, One Day Young) babies.
“In the UK, birth is surrounded by fear, the unknown, stories of pain. Basically, positive birth stories are thin on the ground,” Lewis told Indulgd. “Having had two great births, I felt it was important this side of story was also talked about and represented. As the series has evolved over the years, I have loved capturing this transition into motherhood. Witnessing the primitive side to human nature and documenting the raw unretouched beauty of these women.“
Lewis apparently collected models for the shoot by posting fliers in her neighborhood and made no selection among them, meaning that women of all types appear in her work.
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Xanthe and Louie
Kim and Perseus & Rebecca and Osiris
Shenelle and Arissa
Theresa and Tommy
Hazel and Rudy
Idoya and Nahia
Clemmie and Imogen
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All beauties. Hazel should read smth about holding babies though. :-)
Wow the first picture (Xanthe and Louie) is just stunning.. The expression in Xanthe's face is so beautiful and powerful
A few of them look shell-shocked. That is very normal. I know I remember looking in the mirror only 12 hours later after having my child(ren) and seeing the same 'caught in the headlights look' The stress of the pain, the realisation of having a live being you have no longer inside you and all that entails is enough to give that shocked daunted look. That is true motherhood captured in those photos. Excellent work by the photographer.
Cute. Even though I don't want to have kids when I'm older I still find these photos soon cute and like kids when I'm in a really happy mood
Morphine knocked me sideways, didn't look nearly as put together or happy as these women, but holding my baby boy was cathartic,
It's messy, it's difficult, it's crazy, and it's so wonderful. I respect choices. I don't respect inexperienced judgement :)
All beauties. Hazel should read smth about holding babies though. :-)
Wow the first picture (Xanthe and Louie) is just stunning.. The expression in Xanthe's face is so beautiful and powerful
A few of them look shell-shocked. That is very normal. I know I remember looking in the mirror only 12 hours later after having my child(ren) and seeing the same 'caught in the headlights look' The stress of the pain, the realisation of having a live being you have no longer inside you and all that entails is enough to give that shocked daunted look. That is true motherhood captured in those photos. Excellent work by the photographer.
Cute. Even though I don't want to have kids when I'm older I still find these photos soon cute and like kids when I'm in a really happy mood
Morphine knocked me sideways, didn't look nearly as put together or happy as these women, but holding my baby boy was cathartic,
It's messy, it's difficult, it's crazy, and it's so wonderful. I respect choices. I don't respect inexperienced judgement :)
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