Breathtaking moments captured during and after birth have been recognised as part of this year’s International Association of Professional Birth Photographers Image Competition. And once again, Australian birth photographers are among the winners.
The annual IAPBP competition celebrates birth photography in all its glory, with entries flooding in from all over the world. Categories include labour, delivery, postpartum and birth details, as well as a members’ choice category.
These are the images that will bring back every emotion of the journey that is birth. Here are the winners of the 2020 International Association of Professional Birth Photographers Image Competition.
First Place Winner: A Moment of Silence
via Jessica Vink of VI-Photography
Best In Category Birth Details: Warrior
via Bree Garcia of J&B Photography, LLC
Best In Category Fresh 48: Denial
via Natalie Weber of Natalie Zepp Photography
Best In Category Postpartum: Vernix Constellation
via Kristy Visscher of Kinship by Kristy
Best In Category Delivery: Unmasking The Many Layers of Birth
via Alexandria Mooney of Alexandria Mooney Photography
Best In Category Labour: Morning Light Creeps In
via Shea Long of Coastal Lifestyles Photography
Members’ Choice Best In Category: Ring of Fire
via Katie Torres of Your Story – Professional Birth Services
Honourable Mentions
On The Day You Were Born
via Sarah Maverick of Sarah Maverick Photography
Unplanned, Furious and Free
via Bree Garcia of J&B Photography LLC
She Watches Them
via Ashley Marston of Ashley Marston Photography
Fresh
via Brittney Hogue of Brittney Hogue Birth, Baby, Family
In It Together
via Lori Martinez of Lori Martinez Photography
Dance With me On The Long Walk
via Kate Carlton of Kate Carlton Photography
Holding Two Sons
via Lindsey Ellis of L.E. Ellis Photography
Breech
via Cindy Willems of Birth Day geboortefotografie
Colostrum Drunk
via Shea Long of Coastal Lifestyles Photography
We’ve Got You Baby
via Belle Verdiglione of Belle Verdiglione Photography
In Between
via Daniela Justus of Daniela Justus Fotografia
Silence
via Evelien Koote of Love & Little Birth Photography
Overflowing Love
via Barbara Aviz of BÁRBARA AVIZ
Paradise Found
Reactions
via Paulina Splechta of Paulina Splechta Birth Photography and Films
A Dramatic Entrance
via Dania Watson of Lauren + Douglas
Milagre Da Vida
via Jana Brasil of JanaBrasil Fotografia
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