Women Photographers

• Presenter: Mansi Sharma

• Presented: Anne Geddes
• Special Thanks: Paulette Richards

• Introductory Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=vUp4JI3wp1c
 Anne Geddes
• Australian-born (Sept 13,
1956)

• Photographer, clothing
designer, and
businesswoman
 Family
• Anne and Kel Geddes have been
married since 1983

• They have four daughters (two,

from Kel Geddes' first marriage,
are grown).

• Since 1992, designated funds

have been donated through the
non-profit Geddes Philanthropic
Trust to help prevent child abuse
and neglect.
 Anne Geddes
“The hardest thing in the world
is to create something very simple.”

• Lives and works in New

Zealand
• Known for her stylized
depictions of babies and
motherhood
• Never considered
photography as a career
until after the age of 25
• Self-taught
 Accolades
• Professional Photographers
of America (PPA) honored
Anne with its prestigious
Lifetime Achievement
Award.

• 2nd most popular artist theme

on iGoogle
 WORK
• In most of her work, babies are
dressed as fictitious characters
such as fairytale creatures,
flowers, or animals.
• The babies in her photographs
are almost always sleeping or
staring into space, as if still in
uterus.
• Capturing the beauty, purity,
vulnerability, and preciousness
of children, her imagery
embodies her deeply held belief
that every child must be
protected, nurtured, and loved.
 Why Geddes'
images are so
popular:

• Appeals to our instinctive

attraction to newborn babies
• She places her babies in
interesting environments and
contexts
• Ideals of innocence and
potential are symbolically
represented in her photos
 Example
• A baby in a flower pot
representing the potential
to grow

• A baby angel
representing purity
 Books
• According to Amazon.com she
has sold more than 18 million
books in 83 countries, which
have been translated into 23
different languages, and 13
million calendars.

• Pure : deals with the subject of

birth and calmly sleeping
babies.
• Until Now : celebrating life and
birth
Celine Dion and
Anne Geddes
• Miracle: A Celebration of New
Life, a combination of music and
photography revolving around
the themes of new life and
babies.
• The genesis of Miracle was
Anne’s thought that she might
be in a position to bring joy to
Stacy, a nine-year-old girl
struggling with cancer.
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=W-wuskWbtpI
 Sontag
• “Photography, though not
an art form in itself, has
the peculiar capacity to
turn all its subjects into
works of art.”

• Photography proposes a
process of imagination
and an appeal to taste
 Sources
• http://www.annegeddesbabypictures.com
• http://www.artpromote.com/anne_geddes.shtml
• http://cierra22.wordpress.com/
• http://cid666c69d745d5205b.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/PP
S/Arte/Anne%20Geddes.ppt
• http://media.photobucket.com/image/a%20baby%20angel,
%20anne%20geddes/richndiana/29.jpg
• http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS100539+1
3-Apr-2009+PRN20090413
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUp4JI3wp1c
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-wuskWbtpI
• Sontag, Susan. On Photography. revised. New York:
Macmillan, 2001. Print.