Pure (Anne Geddes)

Author: Anne Geddes
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
Category: Book

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Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars

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Sales Rank: 128516

Media: Hardcover
Edition: Reissue
Pages: 216
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.9
Dimensions (in): 6 x 5.2 x 1.1

ISBN: 0740776010
Dewey Decimal Number: 778
EAN: 9780740776014
ASIN: 0740776010

Publication Date: May 1, 2008
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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Anne Geddes's "technically and aesthetically exquisite photographs [are] imbued with grace and hope." --Library Journal

Now Anne Geddes's critically acclaimed Pure is available in a new size.

Similar in scale to the reissues of Anne Geddes' Down in the Garden and Until Now, Pure is now available in three formats--the original hard- and soft-cover editions and this elegantly giftable 5" x 6" trim size.

Four years in the making, Anne Geddes' Pure offers breathtaking images that intimately evoke the wonder of the first precious days and weeks of life. With eyes tightly shut, in wrinkly new skin, and unaffected by the world around them, newborns are captured in their purest form as Geddes' explains, "to emphasize the fact that they are vulnerable, fragile, and very precious human beings."

"Real women in the full bloom of pregnancy radiate serenity and promise. Mothers enfold babies in their arms--highlighting the beautiful bond between them and revealing our shared humanity."

Customer Reviews: Read 29 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Geddes Rocks! February 17, 2008
James Michael (Audubon, PA)
Being a pro photographer, I can really relate to Anne's extreme artistic images. I purchased this book for inspirational purposes. I would love to approach her creativity level. The images are phenomenal, not only in her creativity, but in her technique as well. You might say I'm a Geddes wannabe!! The book has an immense appeal to anyone who appreciates the art of photography. It's definetly a warm fuzzy.

5 out of 5 stars

lovely photos November 15, 2007
Alejandra Galvez
if you like the photo in the cover you will enjoy the rest of the book! it gets even better...

5 out of 5 stars

Beautifully done... February 14, 2007
Ashley L. Roberts (Winston Salem, NC)
SOME critics here might say that Anne Geddes subscribes to the idea that women, even pregnant women, should be thin and beautiful. I say she used all types of women. What about the thick dark, dark skinned woman 2/3 through the book? The women aren't extremely thin--they're healthy--and not what is typically thought to be beautiful in American culture. They had slicked back hair, stretch marks, and thick veins...

It was beautiful and real.

Very well done--lovely, tasteful photographs. Very moving.

4 out of 5 stars

Great Book January 27, 2007
A. Newlassie (Melbourne, Australia)
Anne Geddes always delivers! I love the book. The images are powerful and sweet.

1 out of 5 stars

Delusional fantasy December 14, 2005
D. Uhrinek
6 out of 8 found this review helpful

I'll grant you that Anne can take some good pictures of babies but this book is "Pure" BS. If you want to show the joy and miracle that is the bringing forth of new life show it in a realistic forum. The only thing I saw in this book was a disgusting glorification of how our society feels women should look even if they have a baby. As a mother I am deeply offended and upset by these images. This is a gross, hollow misrepresentation of how mothers and children should be. I doubt any of these models even have children themselves. You cannot capture the magic of motherhood in a cold studio with a shallow anorexic model posing as something she is so obviously not. Where are all the stretch marks, the baby fat, the look of shear exhaustion outweighed by the unimaginable joy of the new life that we've brought into the world.