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For Birth Positions I interviewed
and photographed women of different ages asking them to describe their
birthing experiences, the choices they were given and to re-enact the
position they gave birth in. All the photographs in the series are titled
with the name of the woman and the year they gave birth i.e. the year
they were reliving and describing.For many women childbirth is a difficult
experience, apart from the physical act itself, the feeling of loss of
control over body position means that this important event becomes one
associated with trauma. The medical profession largely insist women lie
on their backs to give birth even if the majority of women interviewed
felt this to be uncomfortable and unnatural. |