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Summary: disgusted
Review: anne geddes' book "pure" is the most disgusting, offensive thing that i have at any time read. i was looking at in a local bookstore with my friend, who had heard of her, and hated her too. this was a whole new level of tasteless photography. her previous stuff was just not to my liking, because i am a guy and not in to cutsy stuff, but it was still art. this, is one step away from disgusting baby pornography. i understand the whole, "beauty of womanhood" thing, but this is not it. this is a demented photogropher taking pictures of naked woman with naked babies. if that was all it was, i could just raise an eyebrow, and walk away, but it wasnt just that. the babies were shoved in odd positions (dangerous, not disgusting), and it looked that if something happened, they would be badly injured. there was one picture of a baby shoved down some nylon body sock thing that a model was wearing (in the nude), and it looked like the baby was going to suffocate. the worst thing was this one, where this poor baby was in a sack hanging from the ceiling, and the baby was hanging out in a bad position, that completely goes against how you are supposed to hold a baby; not only that, but it looked like it was going to fall out.now, i'm not some conservative person or anything, and i am pretty openminded about most things. but im sorry, i just dont understand why someone would buy that book, never mind let their baby be put in those situations.
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Summary: Impressive book!
Review: As soon as I put this book on my coffee table, visitors began commenting on it. The photographs are so natural, and are completely different from anything I've ever seen from Anne Geddes. I think this book is great and will certainly make an impression on anyone who sees it.
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Summary: Pure and simple
Review: First of all, the cover of the book captured my attention. The woman dressed in a white, goassmer, elastic cloth revealing a baby in her womb is just brilliant and breath taking. I believe that the cover says it all. It signifies the beauty of birth and the precious relationship between a woman and her child. I couldn't resist picking up the book only after a mere glance of the cover. I really appreciate Anne Geddes use of simplicity in this book. Her positioning of the models demonstrates her understanding of aesthetic shape and form. She positions the babies so delicately in order to create a sense of how magnificent and precious they really are at that stage. I especially love the closeness and various angles of the pictures and the intimate relationship she creates between the subject and the viewer. It's her simplicity of the pictures that makes them so breath taking and pure. This book is a must for those that appreciate life and the birth of it.
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Summary: Amazing!
Review: Having been a longtime fan of Anne Geddes work, I was amazed by the powerful images included in her new work PURE. The revealing images include some photographs made to look like they are actually taken in the womb-absolutely breathtaking and inspiring.
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Summary: not truthful
Review: I actually looked at this book as I sat in my midwife's office preparing to give birth to my second child. What a terrible way to depict postpartum women! Please, don't anyone think that a woman who has just had a baby looks like any of these women. The images made me feel insecure and defensive about the way my body was looking at the time and the way I knew it would look in the weeks after I had my son. I would much rather see the REAL mothers with their babies, flab, curves, mushy stomachs and all. THEN and ONLY THEN would we see the pure love and devotion that exists between a mother and her child.
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Summary: not truthful
Review: I actually looked at this book as I sat in my midwife's office preparing to give birth to my second child. What a terrible way to depict postpartum women! Please, don't anyone think that a woman who has just had a baby looks like any of these women. The images made me feel insecure and defensive about the way my body was looking at the time and the way I knew it would look in the weeks after I had my son. I would much rather see the REAL mothers with their babies, flab, curves, mushy stomachs and all. THEN and ONLY THEN would we see the pure love and devotion that exists between a mother and her child.
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Summary: BEAUTIFUL, AWSOME,
Review: I admit I am a birth junkie so that affects my judgement. However this is truly an inspiringly beautiful book. I look at it at least once a week. I show it to all my clients and friends and family alike, who all have the same reaction. If you are pregnant, have a baby, trying to comceive, or just really like babies like I do this is a must have book. I always like Anne Geddes but I find this strikingly simple, powerful book to be my favorite by far.
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Summary: Something new and daring from Anne Geddes
Review: I confess I was expecting more darling babies in flower pots--after all, Anne Geddes has built her name with "cute" baby photography. PURE, however, is totally different, more powerful, and GREAT. Instead of photographing babies in a cute but posed way (baby as pumpkin, baby as flower, etc.), these photographs are all about photograping babies as BABIES. Some photos look as though they were taken in the womb (an illusion created with lighting and background). Others are delicate photos of the itsiest newborns. I love the photos with a man's strong hands and a delicate baby's head..it's a contrast of strength and vulnerability. I saw her on 20/20 and they showed how some of these photographs were done. Unbelievable! Check this one out.
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Summary: Something new and daring from Anne Geddes
Review: I confess I was expecting more darling babies in flower pots--after all, Anne Geddes has built her name with "cute" baby photography. PURE, however, is totally different, more powerful, and GREAT. Instead of photographing babies in a cute but posed way (baby as pumpkin, baby as flower, etc.), these photographs are all about photograping babies as BABIES. Some photos look as though they were taken in the womb (an illusion created with lighting and background). Others are delicate photos of the itsiest newborns. I love the photos with a man's strong hands and a delicate baby's head..it's a contrast of strength and vulnerability. I saw her on 20/20 and they showed how some of these photographs were done. Unbelievable! Check this one out.
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Summary: Littel Children
Review: I have never seen life presented in such a beautifel and yet peacful way.I have never herd of this women and am touched by what she has offered to shown to the world.She is very talented in phatrogohy and has presented life's greatest gift of all.
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