Sesaat Permulaan Roda Kehidupan Manusia (8pics)

abgsedapmalam · Post time 23-1-2015 06:17 PM

As we come into this world

Very controversial series of photos of newborn babies, just 20 seconds after birth, presented Christian Berthelot. Maybe this is, at first glance, not as pleasing to the eye pictures as cute seals or breathtaking beauty of the landscape, but it's a fact of life. See what we come into this world.

8 photos

1. Christian Berthelot first saw the birth, when his son was born. His wife had a cesarean section to their baby could survive. Berthelot then felt as if he lived in a parallel world filled with chaos. (Photo: Christian Berthelot).

2. About a week after the birth of her son, Berthelot returned to the hospital where the baby was born, to talk with the midwife Jean-Francois Morevnal. It turned out that they have a shared passion - photography. After some time the midwife suggested Berthelot make a series of photos directly from the operating room, dedicated to the mystery of birth. (Photo: Christian Berthelot).

3. The idea to take pictures in the operating room during delivery by Caesarean section was quite difficult to implement. Photographer had to undergo a six-month training to learn how to work alongside surgeons. Then he began to look for mothers and hospitals that have agreed to a photo shoot during childbirth. (Photo: Christian Berthelot).

4. According to Christian Berthelot, a long time he mentally prepared for this photo shoot. After the first shots in the operating room, he decided to focus only on newborns. (Photo: Christian Berthelot).

5. All the mothers who participated in its design, received unique photos of their children at birth. Currently Christian Berthelot depicted in the photographs the birth of 40 children. (Photo: Christian Berthelot).

6. The author of this controversial project understands that many people will be disgusted looking at these shocking pictures. Kind of children in the blood a little scary. Commenting on his photographs, some users have even tried to express my ignorant opinion, that his pictures untrue that children are not born in the blood ... I guess they still believe in the stork. Photo: Christian Berthelot).

7. Christian Berthelot emphasizes that children do not come into this world in rose petals, and are not being removed from the cabbage. They are born in pain, come to light in the blood, sometimes bluish, but how it can change a wonderful sacrament of the birth of the new man?(Photo: Christian Berthelot).

8. "What continues to amaze me in all this is the fact that the birth process never stops. Every minute, somewhere in the world a child is born, all the time, childbirth never stop, "- says Christian Berthelot. (Photo: Christian Berthelot).

Most newborns and other photographer's work can be viewed on his website - christianberthelot.com.