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Natalie LennardAquadural- Contemporary Photograph of Water Birth (Green+Blue+Yellow)2018
2018
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"Aquadural" is part of international artist Natalie Lennard's series Birth Undisturbed. - See our storefront at Gallery 1202 for the other works in this series
“The baby doesn’t come out into a cold world where the force of gravity strikes like the blow from a club. One warm, body-supporting liquid is exchanged for another. The transition to breathing air, to life on dry land, takes place slowly and softly.” - Erik Sidenbladh, Water Babies.
Today, images of birth copiously shared on social media might claim exclusive modernity over birthing in water. But we lack imagery for its primitive history as early as 2700BC, when women of ancient Crete, Japan, South America, and New Zealand were known to birth in shallow oceans and rivers. Watermarks a boundary making a laboring woman, taking away gravity and conserving her energy. It is said to activate the ‘relaxation response’ in her muscular system. It minimizes stimulation to the vestibular system, the part in the inner ear that gives constant information about the body. As a result, the outside world is almost cut off completely, protecting her, in the words of Michel Odent, “from useless stimuli” and quite remarkably, affects her attendants too.
Every image in Birth Undisturbed is available to purchase as a limited edition, numbered photographic artwork. Available in 13x19, 35x47, 47x62, 59x75 as well. Inquire for more pricing.
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- Creation Year:2018
- Dimensions:Height: 24 in (60.96 cm)Width: 31 in (78.74 cm)
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