Category Archives: home birth

The Birth of Taylor: a natural labor at Mt. Sinai West birthing center

Joyce and her partner Peter contacted me about having me document the birth of their daughter, Taylor.  I have been capturing mostly home birth for my book project and body of work on NYC home birth for years now (if you know someone who’d be interested please contact me!) but had yet to have the […]

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Birthing Lucas: A home birth in the Bronx

Raquel contacted me towards the end of her pregnancy and was hoping to have the home birth of her 2nd child documented– she and her family live up in the Bronx, so I was nervous about how long it might take me to get there, but she contacted me early in the labor (yes!) andI […]

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The Birth of Ellary: A Brooklyn Home Birth

 This beautiful healthy home birth in Brooklyn was part of my ongoing project documenting NYC home births, celebrating the labor process and the wonderfully skilled midwives and doulas who assist these incredible women and their partners through this intense experience. I was excited when upon waking up I saw a text from Alex, Lisa’s partner– […]

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Welcoming Marlo: a manhattan homebirth!

Vanessa had contacted me about shooting her home birth after seeing photos I had shot of another home birth that had featured her midwife, Marcy Tardio, who is fantastic, by the way… After meeting them at their apartment for a consultation they decided to participate in my home birth documentary book project– basically trading their […]

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