honorable mention
Sarah Widnyana australia
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Of pain and healing
The woman and family pictured in this series chose a homebirth after the traumatic hospital birth they experienced with their first born. The images from their homebirth were hoped to provide healing to the family, and to help restore faith in the physiological process of birth.
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
Women all around the world are choosing to have their birth stories documented by professional photographers. Birth photographers are trusted to capture these sacred moments whilst still preserving the sanctity of the birth space.The woman and family pictured in this series chose a homebirth after the traumatic hospital birth they experienced with their first born. The images from their homebirth were hoped to provide healing to the family, and to help restore faith in the physiological process of birth.
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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