Vanessa Brooks - Lay Midwife
24” x 20” / 60.96 x 50.8cm (Edition of 8)
20” x 16” / 50.8 x 40.64cm (Edition of 25)
16” x 12” / 40.64 x 30.48cm (Edition of 50)
The Story.
Vanessa has been ‘catching’ babies for twenty years, she says, “You don’t deliver babies, you deliver pizzas.” She had her first child in a teepee in Beneficio in Spain and despite originally wanting to be an architect, she sort of fell into being a lay midwife. Since then she has ‘caught’ well in excess of four hundred babies, and has only had to visit a hospital for extra care on less than half a dozen occasions. Midwife refers to the job in hand as opposed to the person themselves, meaning ‘With wife’. Her task, as well as catching the baby at the crucial moment, is to prepare the mother for as natural, easy and pain free a birth as is possible. In twenty years she has never lost a baby. In October of 2013 it became illegal to practice as a lay midwife.
All prints are all archival, meaning they will last for well over 75 years. Most of his prints are reproduced on Hahnemühle Fine Art photo paper, regarded as one of the best photographic papers in the world. The majority of prints are printed using Giclée printing which reproduces incredible detail and brilliant colour, and has a higher resolution than traditional lithographic printing. All Limited Edition prints come with a Certificate of Authentication stating the print title, edition number, date of printing and are signed by the artist and stamped with his photographer's seal. The print itself is also titled, numbered and signed in pencil by the artist. All prints come with a pair of print handling gloves and a “Handling & Framing Your Print” instruction sheet.
Print sizes are quoted as the edge to edge dimensions of the paper itself, including the border around the image. Borders will vary according to the image dimensions, but will typically be between 1 to 2 ½ inches.
Each print will have a strict limitation to its edition run, plus a maximum of 2APs (Artist Proofs) marked 1/AP and 2/AP.
The 'Framed' image is for visual reference only. Room image with thanks to rawpixel.com