- Hardcover: 220 pages
- Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing; 1st Edition edition (Sep 2 2002)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0740726412
- ISBN-13: 978-0740726415
- Product Dimensions: 32.4 x 28.6 x 3.4 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2.1 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,519,322 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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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.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Library Journal
This sumptuous large-format book deals exclusively with the subject of birth and calmly sleeping babies. The 123 black-and-white and color photographs feature infants held by mothers or fathers, twins cuddling together in various poses, women carrying infants, and many other imaginatively rendered tableaux. The variety of the photographs is remarkable, especially given the singularity of the subject, and each one is beautifully executed. A few of the photographs are a bit stylized, but the theme of the book as a whole succeeds admirably. Geddes (Down in the Garden), whose earlier photographs of babies gained widespread popularity, set out to make this volume "a celebration of the very essence of new life-the beauty, innocence, and promise of every newborn." Aptly titled, this collection of technically and aesthetically exquisite photographs is imbued with grace and hope. It will be a welcome addition to all photography collections but will also be enjoyed by anyone who simply likes babies-what can be sweeter and more charming than a newborn contentedly snoozing in its mother's arms? Highly recommended for all public and academic libraries.
Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, IL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Raymond Bial, Parkland Coll. Lib., Champaign, IL
Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Pure and simple,
By Jessica (San Diego, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pure (Hardcover)
First of all, the cover of the book captured my attention. The woman dressed in a white, goassmer, elastic cloth revealing a baby in her womb is just brilliant and breath taking. I believe that the cover says it all. It signifies the beauty of birth and the precious relationship between a woman and her child. I couldn't resist picking up the book only after a mere glance of the cover. I really appreciate Anne Geddes use of simplicity in this book. Her positioning of the models demonstrates her understanding of aesthetic shape and form. She positions the babies so delicately in order to create a sense of how magnificent and precious they really are at that stage. I especially love the closeness and various angles of the pictures and the intimate relationship she creates between the subject and the viewer. It's her simplicity of the pictures that makes them so breath taking and pure. This book is a must for those that appreciate life and the birth of it.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Beautiful!~!,
By Jennifer "romeo138" (Palm Springs) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Pure (Hardcover)
Well my fiance got this book for me, becuase I had wanted it for such a long time. ANd I was so amazed even from the very front cover. I still look through it every once in a while, and I find that these photographs are absolutely beautifully timeless. The Pregnant body is beautiful and the whole point of this wonderfully crafted book is to let women know that even when they are pregnant they are beautiful. There is such beauty with mother and daughter/son. Maybe I'm just a fanatic....This book is a must have for anyone who loves this type of art. And it's not porn, at least I dont think so. It's tasteful in my opinion. Granted yes..some are..Interesting...but still it's still beautiful. A must have for Anne Geddes fan,come on she spent 5 years on it, and it payed off.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Pure baby meat.,
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This review is from: Pure (Hardcover)
Yes, babies are depicted as fresh meat in many of Anne Geddes' books. That's why there are photos of them suspended in swaddles from a metal meathook or shoved naked into body stockings like sausages or piled on top of each other like hamburger patties...an apt metaphor for the baby-hungry.This is pure maternal porn designed to filfull the most profound carnal fantasy of producing offspring: newborn heads coming straight out of "vaginal" symbols, vein-ribbed engorged breasts, and angel-like models pretending to be pregnant and in a kind of trance with live babies held captive against their bellies. Having babies may be a very intoxicating and life-altering experience for many women, but that's not what childbearing is really all about in first place. So this book may be a little creepy to some viewers for this very reason.
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