Cherished Thoughts with Love - Hardcover

Anne Geddes' uniquely beautiful images of babies and children have made her the bestselling photographer in the world. They adorn greeting cards, calendars, books, stationery and photo albums, and are currently published in more the 77 countries spanning five continents. Anne's books have sold more than 17 million copies worldwide and have been translated into 19 languages. Her website, annegeddes.com attracts over 500,000 unique visitors from 200 countries each month. She and her husband live in New Zealand with their two daughters

Geddes' distinctive photographs of dressed-up children and babies atop flowers or in cans took the world by storm in the 1990s, and soon cards, calendars, debit cards and t-shirts featured her work. In this latest photo installment, Geddes places a quote about childhood alongside each photo, thus the words of Hubert Humphrey, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Elie Wiesel, Magic Johnson and FDR are presented-some slightly out of context (for instance, Depression-era president Herbert Hoover's comment that "Children are our most valuable natural resource")-for consideration when eyeing a tiny baby or a pregnant belly. Many of the photographs are of the overly familiar baby-on-a-leaf-or-flower motif, but there are a few striking shots, including one reminiscent of a crime scene that shows a baby's feet and head protruding from what appears to be a tattered burlap sack. ("The finest inheritance you can give a child is to allow it to make its own way, completely on its own two feet," notes Isadora Duncan in the picture's accompanying quote.) However, the soft focus close-ups of tiny faces or hands are beautiful, and the juxtaposition of pregnant woman and babies will make this a big player on the baby shower circuit. Photos.
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