2024 International Birth Photography Competition Winners

The International Association of Professional Birth Photographers (IABPB) has announced the winners of its birth photography competition on March 2024.

Every year, Smart Parenting shares the winning photos from the annual competition by IAPBP, which celebrates the beauty of birth and the skill of birth photographers around the globe. The competition has four main categories: birth details, labor, delivery, and postpartum. It has also inspired the 2023 photo contest, Motherhood 100, which showcased 100 beautiful moments of Filipino mothers.

This year, IAPBP showcased printed version of the winning photos in an exhibition in Melbourne, Australia.

“We are incredibly proud to be showcasing our winners' images in print form this year. Our Sponsor, Atkins Pro Lab has provided stunning prints on cotton rag matte art, fine art paper offering rich colors and deep blacks. There is something spectacular about seeing your art printed to be viewed over and over. We are proud to present to you a breathtaking body of work that shares life’s most powerful moments from 2023," said Lacey Barratt, director of IABPB.

The association’s annual photo competition recognizes birth photographers from over 55 member countries, and their best work on an international platform. The competition has grown in scope each year. Highly anticipated, the results quickly go viral each year when the winners are announced. Images are judged on a variety of criteria and the first place winner will be featured throughout the year.

“Our association has grown by leaps and bounds and our members continually produce excellent, emotive, and educational birth photographs for the families that hire them,” said Barratt. “I want to thank each and every person who entered this year and, of course, the families who agreed to share their beautiful and sacred birth moments with the world.”

The contest is just one of the ways that IABPB highlights the profession of birth photographers, who use their art to tell the story of each unique birth.