To Be by Lois Conner HARDBACK 9791280978103

Name: To Be by Lois Conner HARDBACK 9791280978103
Brand: L'Artiere

L'Artiere

To BeAuthor(s): Lois Conner\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: L'Artiere, Italy\nImprint: L'Artiere\nISBN-13: 9791280978103, 979-1280978103\nSynopsis\nWhen I was 17, my older sister Susan let me photograph her. I was amazed at how her newly prominent veins and capillaries defined her pregnant body as they raced down her arms and across her abdomen and breasts. I felt I could almost see the growing child through her pale skin.\n?Around the turn of the millennium, it was as though I was surrounded by women colleagues, family, friends who were expecting, and I felt an urgency to photograph [url] the urgency I felt had to do with knowing their pregnancy was limited to nine or so months. To photograph a woman before she gives birth, a loved one before they die, the sunlight before it fades and grows dark are all a motivation, and expression of the life force.\n\nInspired by altar paintings from the Italian Renaissance, I used my 7x17 panoramic camerafor standing portraits. When I realized myr