This collection of photos taken by UK based photographer Jenny Lewis depicts women on their first day of official motherhood.
The photos show the mothers posing with their one-day-old babies and is part of a series called “One Day Young”.
“In the UK, birth is surrounded by fear, the unknown, stories of pain. Basically, positive birth stories are thin on the ground,” Lewis told Indulgd. “Having had two great births, I felt it was important this side of story was also talked about and represented. As the series has evolved over the years, I have loved capturing this transition into motherhood. Witnessing the primitive side to human nature and documenting the raw unretouched beauty of these women.“
Lewis says she put up fliers in her neighborhood calling for expectant mothers and made no selection among them, meaning that women of all types appear in her work.
They are heartwarming to say the least. Check them out.