Birth photos show us the extraordinary power of mothers.
The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IAPBP) has announced the winners of its annual birth photography competition of the year. Each image has its own story to tell, but they are all equally amazing and breathtaking.
The judges of the IAPBP competition had a hard time judging the awards because of the many amazing photos. The winners were selected based on the following criteria: technical, artistic and emotional.
And photographers seem to each year try to outdo themselves. For the first time in the competition's history, which began in 2011, a photographer has won the top prize twice. It was photographer Marijke Thoen - who won first prize in 2016 for her beautiful underwater birth image, but in 2018 she continued to win first prize with a photo with an interesting secret. Lyndsay Stradner, head of IAPBP, said: " The beautiful baby in the 2016 photo is now a sister in this year's winning photo ."
The picture Marijke Thoen won first prize in 2016.
The picture Marijke Thoen won first prize in 2018.
The girl in the picture was born underwater and is now the sister of a small baby. And in the winning photo, Marijke Thoen captured the moment she was watching her baby brother's birth. In addition to winning first place, this photo titled "The wonderful first meeting of two sisters" also won the best photo in the Childbirth category.
Below are the winning photos of the categories of the 2018 Birth Photography contest.
Coming Soon Category: Award for "Nowhere and Everywhere" by photographer Rebecca Coursey.
The Childbirth category named the photo "En Caul Baby Birth" by photographer Daniela Justus. This is a picture of a baby born intact in a cashew wrap - a rare birth, accounting for 1 in 80,000 births.
The Postpartum category presented the award for "Flesh of My Flesh" by photographer Esther Edith.
Daniela Justus's "Birth of A Brother" won the award for Favorite Picture.
The photo voted the most by photographers is Esther Edith's "Three Becomes Four".
The award for the best postpartum photo went to "Take My Hand, Hold My Heart" by photographer Tamara Milldove.
The best birth detail photo belongs to "Bulging Forewaters" by Cat Fancote of Capturing Birth. This is probably part of the birthing process that we've never seen before.
In addition to the winning photos, there are still many photos of amazing childbirth from the camera angle of the photographers:
As the winner, Marijke Thoen says birth photographers around the world have changed the way women see childbirth: "It's all true about labor." It shows how strong a woman's body is during labor and delivery. And these photos will inspire mothers, who will be more excited than scared during childbirth. ".
