A photo book on childbirth might be too much for some publishers, but Blurb provided a solution for award-winning photographer

Picture of woman giving birth apparently in a stable with a person helping her and a donkey looking on
(Image credit: Natalie Lennard)

Art photographers now hold the power to publish their own work, and there are good reasons to – even someone previously published and exhibited in Parliament and the Saatchi Gallery can find that they face an uphill struggle when they present something that challenges the art world's sometimes negative assumptions – but there are solutions!

It's hard to imagine why a photographic ode to the simple glory of wild birthing – a series which has won two awards – wouldn't be of interest. It is controversial (there's a nativity setting) and there is no AI going on; this is real photography.

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Adam Juniper
Managing Editor

With over 20 years of expertise as a tech journalist, Adam brings a wealth of knowledge across a vast number of product categories, including timelapse cameras, home security cameras, NVR cameras, photography books, webcams, 3D printers and 3D scanners, borescopes, radar detectors… and, above all, drones. 

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