A new breastfeeding board book captures the beauty of breastfeeding in striking black and white photography: Breastfeeding Portraits in Black and White by Stacie Turner of Stacie Turner Photography. Stacie is the mother of breastfed twins featured in her personal blog The Twinkies.

Book Review
The sturdy 5″ x 6″ board book features 12 gorgeous images on six (front and back) pages. The pictures include nurslings ranging from a 4-day-old newborn (make me cry will you?!) to a 3-year-old toddler. The pictures stand alone without captions or other text.
I was curious to see how my children would like the book. My …read more

Once again the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA) is running a breastfeeding photography contest for World Breastfeeding Week (WBW). The WABA WBW theme for 2009 is “Breastfeeding: A Vital Emergency Response. Are you ready?”
Entries are due March 24, 2009 by submitting this entry form (Word document) to WABA. Ten lucky winners will receive $100 each and have their winning photos featured in the WBW materials distributed to 120 countries! Good luck!

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Photo credit: Breastfeeding 1-2-3 reader Tanya — thanks for showing how breastfeeding is beautiful!

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The November cover of W magazine shows a picture taken by Brad Pitt of Angelina Jolie breastfeeding one of their twins. Take a moment to vote in the poll that asks whether the breastfeeding picture is “Gorgeous” “OK” or “Gross.” I’m sure you can guess where I land on the matter. To me she’s never looked more beautiful or natural!
La Leche League spokeswoman Jane Crouse applauded Angelina:
Breast-feeding in public reveals a whole lot less than what has been revealed on the red carpet. … I think we do need more role models like Angelina Jolie willing to be photographed and …read more

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