Inspiration

Anne Geddes (born September 13, 1956)

Anne Geddes is an Australian photographer best known for her portraits of babies. From a young age, she was interested in images and how they can capture a moment in time. Although she spent countless hours photographing, she did not consider becoming a photographer until the age of 25. There were no photography classes available to her as a student. She spent many years as an unpaid assistant to a local photogapher learning the trade. Anne was a wedding photographer but it was sometimes a difficult dealing with stressed brides and their families. This was when she decided to concentrates on babies.

A self-described “baby freak”, she believes portraits should not be “stiff and formal” but rather reflect the personality of the subjects.

Her photos have babies in various poses and costumes. I love the peacefulness, the calm that the babies display in these photographs.

You can really see their different personalities.

This photo is one of my favorites. It is a preemie who struggled to survive and is now a beautiful young girl. In one of her books, Anne has brought back her "babies", now much older and posed them in front of their photos.

I would love to be able to, as Anne Geddes said, "capture an exact moment in time that could never be repeated".