A passionate photographer has captured the wondrous,
miraculous moment of birth - in all its raw and unglamourised glory.
See details plus more exciting photos after the page jump:
Taken before a mother has seen her baby for the first time
these amazing photographs show the reality of how we all enter this world.
The warts and all pictures are the work of respected Danish
photographer Suste Bonnen who was given unprecedented access to mothers while
they were in labour.
Now she has produced this stunning body of portraits of
perhaps the most exposed moment in any person's life.
Her compelling pictures show babies the instant they are
born even before they are given over to the safety of their mother's arms.
Suste said: 'A life-long theme for my portrait photography
has always been the affection and love displayed between a mother and daughter,
a father and a son, a brother and a sister.
'I have portrayed heads of states, politicians, celebrities
and CEOs, but family is what have always interested me the most.
'What suddenly intrigued me, however, was if that feeling of
love for life was detectable at first eyesight. What are we emotionally like at
the earliest stage in life? What are we like at the very first second?
'When the idea arose, I was therefore lucky to get exclusive
and unprecedented access to the maternity ward, where I followed more than 22
caesarean operations.'
In the working world of the hospital Suste still managed to
get great pictures despite having just the surgery lights to shine on her
subjects - no flash was allowed.
She said: 'Just as the Dutch renaissance painters, my
ability to use light setting as a key element in photography has brought me
much acclaim.
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