Until Now

by Anne Geddes

Cedco Publishing, 264 pp., $49.95

Only the hardest of hearts could resist Anne Geddes’ adorable babies. The photographer has made a name for herself in recent years with colorful images of fat little cherubs rolling in rose petals and infants dressed as fairies; her popularity has made the style ubiquitous. The large format of the book is enhanced by fold-out pages that allow the photographs to be examined in detail, which can result in involuntary cooing. There is strength in Anne Geddes’ art that the tender subject of babies belie and as a collection of her work over the years, Until Now is inescapably high on the cute factor. That’s partly a result of her use of computer manipulation in imaging that does not diminish the more thoughtful sides of her work in black and white. It’s here in her glimpses of sleeping newborns that Geddes’ pure love for her subject is revealing and with it comes a truly awe-inspiring sense of majesty at what genuine miracles babies are. Even when dressed like bumblebees.

This article appears in December 24 • 1999.

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