Anne Geddes

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Anne Geddes, MNZM, (b. September, 1956) is an Australian-born photographer, clothing designer and businesswoman who now lives and works in New Zealand. She is known for her stylized depictions of babies and motherhood.

In most of her work, babies or young children are dressed as fictitious characters such as fairies and fairytale creatures, flowers, or animals like bunnies. Her subjects are extremely idealized; babies in her photographs are almost always sleeping or staring into space, as if still in utero. She has described herself as "a baby freak". ^[1]

Geddes' books have been published in 83 countries.^[2] According to Amazon.com she has sold more than 18 million books, which have been translated into 23 different languages, and 13 million calendars.^[3]

Geddes is self-taught, as there were no photography courses at her school.

Contents 1 Honors & Recognition 2 Personal life 3 Works 4 Popular Culture 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Honors & Recognition

In 1997 Geddes was awarded a Lifetime Membership in the Professional Photographers of America and an Honorary Fellowship with the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP).

Geddes was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 "for services to photography and the community".^[4][5]

In 2004 and June 2005, the French postal service, La Poste, used four of her photographs for postage stamps to illustrate the series "C'est une fille - C'est un garçon" ("It's a girl — It's a boy"). In 2007, her images were introduced for use on the American postage product known as PhotoStamps.

[edit] Personal life

Anne and Kel Geddes, both born and raised in Queensland, Australia, have been married since 1983. They have four daughters (two, from Kel Geddes' first marriage, are grown).

[edit] Works

• Down in the Garden (1996), ISBN 0-7407-3540-3
• Until Now (1998), ISBN 0-7407-3541-1
• Pure (2002), ISBN 0-7407-2641-2
• Miracle (2004) ISBN 0-7407-4696-0
• Cherished Thoughts With Love (2005) ISBN 0-7407-5573-0
• Anne Geddes An Autobiography: a Labor of Love (2008), ISBN 0-74017-6562-0

In 2004, Geddes collaborated with Céline Dion in a project called Miracle: A Celebration of New Life, a combination of music and photography revolving around the themes of new life and babies.

[edit] Popular Culture

In a skit on The Ronnie Johns Half Hour, Geddes (played by Felicity Ward) helps a Chinese family hide their additional children from One-child policy inspectors, by camouflaging them in conspicuous places, which the inspectors are unable to notice.

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Anne Geddes' official homepage

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