Anne Geddes

Anne Geddes, MNZM, (b. September, 1966) is an Australian-born photographer, clothing designer and businesswoman who now lives and works in New Zealand. She is known for her stylized depictions of babies and motherhood. In most of her work, babies or young children are dressed as fictitious characters such as fairies and fairytale creatures, flowers, or animals like bunnies. Her subjects are extremely idealized; babies in her photographs are almost always sleeping or staring into space, as if still in utero.

Geddes' books have been published in at least fifty countries. According to Amazon.com she has sold more than 11 million books and 15 million calendars.

In 1997 Geddes was awarded a Lifetime Membership in the Professional Photographers of America and an Honorary Fellowship with the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers (NZIPP). Geddes was also appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004. [ [http://www.annegeddes.com/home/aboutanne/biography.aspx Designer baby clothes and baby pictures by Anne Geddes ] ]

In 2004, Geddes collaborated with Céline Dion in a project called "", a combination of music and photography revolving around the themes of new life and babies.

In 2004 and June 2005, the French postal service, La Poste, used four of her photographs for postage stamps to illustrate the series "C'est une fille - C'est un garçon" ("It's a girl — It's a boy"). In 2007, her images were introduced for use on the American postage product known as PhotoStamps.She is self-taught, as there were no photography courses at her school.

Personal life

Anne and Kel Geddes, both born and raised in Queensland, Australia, have been married since 1983. They have four daughters (two, from Kel Geddes' first marriage, are grown).

Works

* "Down in the Garden" (1996), ISBN 0-7407-3540-3
* "Until Now" (1998), ISBN 0-7407-3541-1
* "Pure" (2002), ISBN 0-7407-2641-2
* "Miracle" (2004) ISBN 0-7407-4696-0
* "Cherished Thoughts With Love" (2005) ISBN 0-7407-5573-0
*"Anne Geddes An Autobiography: a Labor of Love" (2008), ISBN 0-74017-6562-0

Popular Culture

In a The Ronnie Johns Half Hour skit, Geddes (Played by Felicity Ward) helps a Chinese family hide their additional children from One-child policy inspectors, by camouflaging them in conspicuous places, to which the inspectors are unable to notice.

References

External links

* [http://annegeddes.com/ Anne Geddes' official homepage]