Bodies in Bloom

“Aesthetically gorgeous and astoundingly frank, this giant volume is not for the squeamish. Its pages are devoted to nudes of pregnant women and brand-new mothers. Bulbous bodies in full bloom are set against the tenderness of motherhood, the curves and folds of the cuddling, suckling babies providing a fascinating echo of their mothers’ flesh.”
 — In case you missed ‘With Child,’ photographer Howard Schatz’s 20-year tribute to birth and motherhood, American Photo now has a beautiful (and, to the uninitiated, very lightly horrifying) nine-slide excerpt. (NSFW.)

[Thanks, John!]