1st place
gold star award
Sarah Widnyana
australia 
Photo © Sarah Widnyana
title
Worlds apart
This image was shot in Sydney, NSW, Australia in one of it's many public hospitals.
Sarah’s journey to birth photography began when she lost her second child, Tommy, at 20 weeks gestation, this devastating experience solidified in her that birth stories deserved to be documented and honoured as the rite of passage that they are.
Sarah now has two beautiful girls earth side and one little boy who she never got to hold. Sarah is passionate about birth rights, birth choices and empowering women to birth out of trust and not fear.
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entry description
This new mother lays on the operating table beaming with love and pride as she holds her first born, while on the other side of the drape surgeons work to close the wound from which the baby was born.This image was shot in Sydney, NSW, Australia in one of it's many public hospitals.
about the photographer
Sarah Widnyana is the birth and documentary photographer behind Life & Lens Photography, based in South West Sydney.Sarah’s journey to birth photography began when she lost her second child, Tommy, at 20 weeks gestation, this devastating experience solidified in her that birth stories deserved to be documented and honoured as the rite of passage that they are.
Sarah now has two beautiful girls earth side and one little boy who she never got to hold. Sarah is passionate about birth rights, birth choices and empowering women to birth out of trust and not fear.
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