Until Now (Hardcover)

by Anne Geddes (Photographer)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
Sleeping angels. Flower fairies. Woodland nymphs and watermelon seeds. Anne Geddes's magical world is populated by hundreds of beautiful, chubby babies and gorgeous children dressed as peapods, pansies, peonies, and pearls. Geddes fans will be thrilled by Until Now, a lush, coffee-table-sized, 10-year retrospective of Geddes's work, including 1991's crowd-pleasing "Cabbage Kids," featured on calendars and coffee mugs everywhere, as well as many previously uncollected shots from Geddes's New Zealand studio.

It's not all costumes, though--the 1997 portrait of Caleb, 3 weeks old, is a beautiful, unretouched close-up of the sweetly sleeping newborn, belly-button still poking out and skin peeling. A portrait only a mother could love? Hardly. Caleb's perfect little sleeping face would evoke maternal feelings from a stone. Particularly fun and often touching are Geddes's notes at the back of the book. For example, of "Rebecca," she writes, "How do you get a 14-month-old to sit still? Show her the jelly bean, and then put it down her trousers." The resulting photograph is of a lovely, mop-headed, tummy-grabbing toddler peering intently at her own navel. Incorporating both rich color and black-and-white photographs, Until Now will delight parents, grandparents, and baby-lovers of all sizes. --Rebecca A. Staffel

Product Description
A stunning retrospective of images personally selected from her body of work, Until Now showcases internationally renowned Australian photographer Anne Geddes' classic black-and-white and full-color photographs, including a range of never-before-published selections. Launched in seven foreign languages in 1998, Until Now has become a truly international bestseller.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 264 pages
• Publisher: Cedco Publishing Company; 1 edition (October 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0768321190
• ISBN-13: 978-0768321197
• Product Dimensions: 13 x 11.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #886,783 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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34 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, February 17, 2000

By	"claddagh5" (Beverly Hills, CA) - See all my reviews

I have Geddes' "Garden" book and never imagined that I would want another of hers -- not because it disappointed me but rather because it is so wonderful. After reading other reviews on "Until Now" I decided to splurge. I could hardly wait to get it out of its delivery wrapping. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. I love this woman's work. The babies are wonders. The poses are wonders. The art of her photography shows me the wonderfulness of life itself. I can't help but be in a more relaxed smiling place after going through this book. Buy it! Do yourself a favor. Buy it! (Give it as a gift to someone you love!)

15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for all ages, December 20, 1999

By	Diana (USA) - See all my reviews

I recieved this book as a gift. I love children, I believe they are our greatest asset, so does Anne Geddes. The natural poses, the ability to catch innocence at its best is amazing. My teenagers loved the book and so did their older grandparents. The pictures will stir a number of emotions from tears to smiles. It brought back many memories of my children as infants. This book is an outstanding investment for someone you love or anyone one who loves children.

35 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Creative, beautiful, emotive, a feast for the eyes and heart, November 18, 1999

By	Lytingale "EnLyteN" (Fletcher, NC USA) - See all my reviews

Dear husband, Buy this book for me for Christmas! It's absolutely stunning, and it reawakens every maternal bone in my body! Geddes is so creative, and the babies are so sweet and perfect. The book is one of the those things that is so beautiful that I want to own and savor it.