Childbirth is the great equalizer: the unwed teenager, the young wife and the middle-aged career woman all share a common sisterhood during their labor and delivery. While they give birth, their ages and backgrounds are cast aside to reveal a deeper and brighter dimension of their common humanity. All who are willing to open their eyes to the miracle of life can be touched by the raw power of a baby being born.
Before I began this project, I never considered myself a particularly religious person. But after pointing my camera so many times at the deep blue gaze of a newborn, I see why the midwives call them “fresh from God.” They seem a physical affirmation of the spiritual side of human nature. Their ageless little faces can show us who we really are by reminding us of our original selves.
