faces of postpartum (2017-2022):
raw.
honest.
storytelling.
Documenting the (im)perfect variations of the postpartum period.
One story at a time.
Watch our documentary A Day in the Life of Faces of Postpartum (15 mins, 2021)
Our Mission
Faces of Postpartum tells individual(ized) postpartum stories. As a radically inclusive catalog of words, images, and resources for all parents, we believe that every single postpartum soul deserves a village.
Our Initiatives
Faces of Postpartum is at the intersection of social justice, advocacy, and transdisciplinary art. Our ever-growing initiatives carry the same heartfelt goal that propelled its creation from the very beginning: to serve postpartum people.
We aim to cast a net so wide that no postpartum human ever has to feel alone in this intense — borderline insane — and demanding adventure that is bringing a child onto this earth.
Photo-essays
Between 2017 and 2022, Faces of Postpartum has published over one hundred postpartum stories. These publications are the backbone of the project and allowed us to build a community that empowers, supports, and radically includes every kind of postpartum journey.
Photography
From posed and environmental portraits to photojournalism, our aesthetic always aims to capture the rawness of each postpartum experience.
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March 2020
Faces of Postpartum is therapeutic for both the women who get to share their stories and those who get to read them.
Theresa Vargas, The Washington Post / Read Full Article