IAPBP 2020 Best Birth Photos!

The 2020 IAPBP Winners were announced! Have you been following this contest?

#IAPBP2020Competition #BirthPhotogs @BirthPhotogs

Remarkable images were entered into this year’s IAPBP Birth Photography Competition. This year’s first place winner is VI-Photography with her photograph “A Moment of Silence.” Way to go! This moment she captured is breathtaking. I can almost feel the calm in the room and that sigh of “I did it!”

Check out the rest of the winners. Let us know if you have a favorite. We’d love to know which photograph moves you.

Best in Birth Details Winner is Bree Garcia of J&B Photography, LLC with her image titled: “Warrior.”

Best in Delivery is Alexandria Mooney of Alexandria Mooney Photography with her image titled “Unmasking The Many Layers Of Birth.”

Best in Fresh 48 is Natalie Weber of Natalie Zepp Photography with her photograph titled “Denial.”

Best in Labor goes to Shea Long of Coastal Lifestyles Photography with her photograph titled “Morning Light Creeps In.”

Best in Postpartum goes to Kristi Visscher of Kinship by Kristy with her image titled “Vernix Constellation.”

What an incredible collection of images, right? This year is the 10th year that IAPBP hosts this birth image competition. I bet that as you scroll back through the years, you’ll notice that the artists just keep getting better and better at documenting all the details that make each birth unique.

As artists, we are working collectively to bring birth to a new light so that the generations to come can embrace the raw beauty that comes with it.

Birth is sometimes a taboo subject among families or communities which can then lead to a fear of the unknown. Details aren’t always talked about but these images bring light to those very details we need to take control of our own lives. To empower ourselves with knowledge so we can take on our own journey with confidence.

Let’s celebrate all these incredible winners and all the artists around the world dedicated to normalizing birth again. It’s a huge team effort and I’m so proud to be standing side by side with all these amazing artists.

#celebratethebeautyinbirth #normalizebirth

~Norma H