by Lennart Nilsson · tapa dura · ISBN 9780385281362
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«A Child Is Born» is the photographic essay by Lennart Nilsson, published by Delacorte Press in hardback (160 pages, in English).
The book documents human development in the womb from ovulation and fertilisation to birth, with images covering cell division, organ formation and fetal growth. The photographs, achieved with ultrasound, electron microscopy and fibre optics, are accompanied by explanatory texts describing each stage.
Revised edition published in 1977, with the subtitle The Drama of Life Before Birth, including new photographs and updated advice for expectant parents.
Recommended for expectant parents, health professionals and readers interested in documentary photography and science communication.
Lennart Nilsson was a Swedish photographer noted for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once considered unphotographable, and more generally for his extreme macro photography. He was also considered to be among Sweden’s first modern photojournalists.
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