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One Day Young: an interview with photographer Jenny Lewis
Meet Jenny Lewis, the inspiring photographer behind One Day Young, a book about new motherhood. Published by Hoxton Mini Press.
Written by Amelia Gregory

Last night saw the official launch of the first book by photographer Jenny Lewis, who contributed to Amelia's Magazine in print many times over the years. One Day Young is a beautiful, inspiring and unusual book that features 40 portraits of mothers with their new babies taken within 24 hours of birth. It's an amazing project that she has been working on for 5 years, designed to shed a positive light on the miracle of motherhood, during that magical period when women feel raw, alive, emotionally and physically battered, confused and in love. Read on to find out more about the project.


When and why did you decide to start taking photos of mothers just after childbirth?
I think Herb was nearly a year old so about five years ago, I… read more