My mother called me up
today to ask if I had watched the new Anne Geddes TV show yesterday. The
timing of her call would have been more appropriate yesterday seeing as I was
home. She usually
does but it must have slipped her mind. Thankfully we live in such a digital
world that I was able to find some footage of the show.
Now I love the
relationship I have with my mother – she’ll always put her two cents in, but
she also remembers details and interests in my life that when she stumbles across
something she’ll make sure that I’m fully aware of it; the beauty of a simple
telephone call. And that’s the subject of today’s post – Anne Geddes.
Remembering way back from my childhood (that I have since forgotten) was my love
for Anne Geddes’ work; in particularly her 1996 calendar “Down in the Garden”
which was also a coffee table book. My mother had purchased that calendar for me
while she was in the newsagency to buy the day’s newspaper. I might
have begged and pleaded that she buy it for me (I was 10) and thankfully she
did thinking that I would hang it up in my room (with my My Little Pony bedspread). But alas I took hand of some scissors
and cut it all up so that I could cover my school books with them. Recalling that
childhood memory suddenly dawned on me that my interest and appreciation in beautiful
photography (and art in general) had spanned for much longer than I had
originally thought.
Can you remember the
moment in your life that first inspired you?
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| Waterlily, 1996 (DOWN IN THE GARDEN) via |
My other personal favourites:
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| Julia Snail, 1994 (DOWN IN THE GARDEN) via |
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| Jack Holding Maneesha, 1993 (UNTIL NOW) via |
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| Jack & the Triplets, 1999 (PURE) via |
Anne Geddes' Recent projects:
- Merino Wool Campaign with The Woolmark Company
- Launch of her Australian Magazine "my Pregnancy: A Woman's Story". The magazine can also be viewed in digital form. Interviews of some of the women featured have also been documented as a TV series aired on Channel 7TWO on Saturday 4:30PM (AEST)
- Launch of her new coffee-table book "Beginnings" (also available in digital form via Kindle and iBooks). A 56 minute documentary to coincide with this project was produced and can be downloaded from iTunes. Definitely worth watching!
IMAGES: www.annegeddes.com
