Anne Elizabeth Geddes was born on 1956 and is an Australian-born, New York City-based portrait photographer known primarily for her elaborately-staged photographs of infants.
13 Facts About Anne Geddes
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Anne Geddes dropped out of school at 17 and left home.
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Later, she met and married Kel Anne Geddes, and moved to Hong Kong in 1983 for his work in television.
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Anne Geddes started specializing in baby photography after using photographs of her two daughters for a family Christmas card which proved popular.
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Anne Geddes became a professional photographer at age 30 after she moved to Melbourne due to her husband's work.
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Anne Geddes assisted a local photographer before starting her own studio from her garage.
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Anne Geddes created her own philanthropic program, the Anne Geddes Philanthropic Trust, whose primary focus was to raise awareness of child abuse and neglect.
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Anne Geddes shot photographs of 15 child survivors of meningitis for the Protecting Our Tomorrows: Portraits of Meningococcal Disease campaign.
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Anne Geddes keeps the babies' parents nearby for extra assistance with expressions.
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In 2017 Anne Geddes was inducted into the International Photography Hall of Fame and Museum.
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McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the humour site of McSweeney's, published a Short Imagined Monologue called "An Anne Geddes Baby Grows Up".
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Humor website The Onion spoofed Geddes's style with "Anne Geddes Starting to Lose It".
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Anne Geddes's name is never mentioned directly, but her style of photography was heavily implied.