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Giving Birth is a groundbreaking documentary photography book that captures the intimate, authentic experience of women giving birth. First published in 1983 and now reissued, it remains a powerful giving birth book revealing the raw beauty of birthing a baby through black-and-white images and parents' reflections. Photographer Mary Motley Kalergis documents pregnant women giving birth in hospitals, homes, and birthing centers, offering a timeless portrait of the birth of a baby and the shared courage of mothers and families. This edition celebrates giving birth naturally and features powerful home birth photography, blending photojournalism and photographic essay style. Essential for readers interested in the cultural history of childbirth, natural childbirth books, women's studies, or feminist photography, Giving Birth continues Kalergis's acclaimed motherhood documentary work within the Building a Family series-preserving real birth stories and family photography that honor the truth of what it means to bring life into the world.

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""A serious and beautiful piece of work."" -- Cornell Capa, Executive Director Emeritus, International Center of Photography.

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Mary Motley Kalergis is an author, photographer and interviewer, whose work bears witness to the bonds that connect individuals, families, and communities.Her published books include Foxhunters Speak (Derrydale Press), Considering Adoption (Atelerix Press), Love In Black & White (Dafina Books, Kensington Publishing), Charlottesville Portrait (Howell Press), Seen and Heard: Teenagers Talk About Their Lives (Stewart Tabori, & Chang), With This Ring: A Portrait of Marriage (The Chrysler Museum of Art), Home of the Brave (E.P. Dutton), Mother: A Collective Portrait (E.P. Dutton), and Giving Birth (Harper & Row.)Her photographs are featured in numerous anthologies and collections including Aperture's Mothers and Daughters, Pantheon's Generations, Stemmle's In Their Mother's Eyes, National Geographic's Star Spangled Banner, Fawcett's In Celebration Of Babies, and Andrews McMeel's ""Waiting for Baby, Reflections and The Enduring Circle of Love.Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries internationally, including The Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC; The Burden Gallery and the International Center of Photography in NYC; The Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk, Virginia; The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia; the Southeast Museum of Photography in Daytona Beach, Florida; The San Antonio Museum of Art;, The Field Museum of Chicago; the Museum Fur Photographie in Stuttgart, Germany and the Diaframa Kodak Galleria in Milan, Italy.Photographs by Mary have also appeared in newspapers and magazines around the world, including The New York Times, People, Time, Newsweek, Glamour, Ladies' Home Journal, Seventeen Magazine, Sports Illustrated, Marie Claire (France), The Guardian (London), and Camera Manuchi (Japan). Mary taught at The International Center of Photography in New York and has served as ""special stills"" photographer on movie sets, including Long Walk Home, and Cousin Bette.She lives in Charlottesville, Virginia, where she is currently working on her tenth book.

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