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The Brown Family
Photograph by Tom Atwood |
It's surprising how a maternity photo can become something else. I went to Perryville, Missouri over the weekend to take "bump pictures" of Jamie Brown, who is expecting a baby boy, Weston, in a couple of months. "No cutesy shots," I told Jamie, half-joking. But Jamie wanted this one - a photo of her holding cradling her "bump," her husband Ryan holding a football (for Weston), and their daughter Addie doing what the photographer asked. But instead of gimmicky, this picture becomes something else. The image of a young Midwestern family plowing ahead into this uncertain Century, their optimism, dreams and anxiety all reflected in Addie's eyes. I love cutesy shots.
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