This Photographer Helps Document Childbirth in Real Time on Instagram
Posting live updates of special events to services such as Twitter and Instagram is a pretty common thing these days, but one photographer has chosen a relatively uncommon subject for her real-time Instagram snaps: childbirth.
Kansas City-based photographer Cate DePrisco has been helping clients tell their birth stories in real-time through her Instagram feed. Her service is called Instabirthstory.
The photographs are first captured through DePrisco’s WiFi-enabled camera before being transferred to her phone and then onto Instagram. Here’s a selection of photos from one of the birth stories she has documented thus far:
DePrisco’s goal with this new style of birth photography is to show childbirth in a more positive light. “I believe there is a lot of fear surrounding birth because people hear stories of pain and exhaustion, and of course, emergencies and loss,” she tells HuffPo. “But from my perspective, it’s also a beautiful process watching the parents and a medical team work together and supporting each other to bring a new human to his/her first breath.”
You can find more of DePrisco’s work on her website and on Instagram.
Image creditsPhotographs by Cate DePrisco and used with permission
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