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Giving Birth
Hardcover
Women's HealthGeneral ParentingPhotographers
Publisher Price: $70.99
Publisher: Atelerix Press
Published: Aug 28 2025
Pages: 104
Weight: 1.39
Height: 0.44 Width: 8.50 Depth: 11.00
Language: English
Giving Birth is a groundbreaking documentary photography book that captures the intimate, authentic experience of women giving birth. First published in 1983 and now reissued, it remains a powerful giving birth book revealing the raw beauty of birthing a baby through black-and-white images and parents' reflections.
Photographer Mary Motley Kalergis documents pregnant women giving birth in hospitals, homes, and birthing centers, offering a timeless portrait of the birth of a baby and the shared courage of mothers and families. This edition celebrates giving birth naturally and features powerful home birth photography, blending photojournalism and photographic essay style.
Essential for readers interested in the cultural history of childbirth, natural childbirth books, women's studies, or feminist photography, Giving Birth continues Kalergis's acclaimed motherhood documentary work within the Building a Family series-preserving real birth stories and family photography that honor the truth of what it means to bring life into the world.
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