Move over, Anne Geddes.
When photographing babies, it is tempting to dabble in poses and the odd costume. After all, what’s cuter than a new-born baby? A new-born baby in a flower-pot.
But Dutch photographer Marry Fermont is taking a different approach. It’s much simpler- raw and absolutely beautiful.
Fermont is a birth photographer who captures the newborns in their pre-birth positions.
She first began to take photos this way after witnessing a midwife show a couple of new parents the way their baby had been positioned in the womb.
Turns out most new-borns revert back to this position when they’re held for photographs. Old habits and all that.
You can check out some Marry Fermont’s beautiful work below:
If you’ve ever held a new-born human in your hands and wondered, ‘how in God’s name did that fit in there?’ Now you know…
Check out more from Marry Fermont here.