I’ve been following a thread on MDC where people have been adding links to their favourite breastfeeding images, be they photos, paintings, sketches, statues, advertisements, public awareness campaigns or jewellery.
But as with all threads on such busy forums, this one will eventually start to slip into the archives, so I thought I would take a few moments to copy all the links and share them with all of you!
Galleries:
- Breastfeeding-art.com- Gallery of breastfeeding goddesses & some more contemporary artwork too.
- Breastfeedingart.net – Has a huge collection of breastfeeding images (including many photos) from AD 1200 – present, divided by region, America, Africa, Europe, Asia.
- Breastfeeding.com – Another huge gallery of breastfeeding images and photos.
- Maria Lactans – A Catholic site with a fantastic gallery of images depicting Mary nursing Jesus, dating from AD.250
- ProMoM’s Fine Art Gallery – 77 beautiful images in one place.
Paintings: (these are ones mentioned as people’s favourites, they may be in the above galleries too)
- “Allegory of Charity” & “Charity” by Jacques Blanchard
- “Charity” by Guido Reni
- “Christ Blessing the Children” by Lucas Cranach the Elder
- “Love above all – A motherhood Collage“- Onewithwings
- “Maternity” by Pablo Picasso (our favourite)
- Nursing Madonna & Child – By Leonardo da Vinci, Lorenzetti, Memling (see above link for more Maria Lactans paintings)
Photography:
- Bosom Buddies – An exhibition by Petra Finkenzeller in support of National Breastfeeding Awareness week.
- Lavigne Photography – A collection of black & white nursing photos.
- *New* Lavigne Photography – Breastfeeding Portrait Series 2008.
Sketches:
- Heidi Scarfone – Gorgeous pencil sketches of babies.
- Anja Kiel – Sketch of nursing mama & baby
Advertising/Public Awareness:
- Australian Breastfeeding Association – Posters celebrating the environmental benefits of breastfeeding
- Be a Star – A campaign dedicated to increasing the number of young mums in Lancashire, UK who choose to breastfeed.
- Breastfeeding Belles – An exhibition of posters by Breast Buddies showing mothers breastfeeding at various landmarks in Leeds, UK.
- Get Britain Breastfeeding – An exhibition and competition, the winning posters are here.
- Kate Kelly – “All things to all people” award winning photo from Tasmania.
- “La Teta…to give the breast is to give life…” – a public information broadcast from Puerto Rico on YouTube.
- Lucy Lawless – the New Zealand campaign during World Breastfeeding Week 2001.
Humour:
- Breastfeeding.com – 2 Galleries of funnies – The Lighter Side & The Joan McCartney Gallery
- Hathor the God Goddess – Your daily dose of breastfeeding advocacy cartoon-style
- Stone Soup – They did a week of breastfeeding cartoons in February, you can see them all here
Sculptures, Statues & Carvings:
- “Abundance” Fountain in Piazza Maggiore, Bologna, Italy.
- Breast Feeding Art – A mix of sculptures depicting various traditional nursing goddesses.
- “Charity” by Giacomo Serpotta
- Isis nursing Horus from Ancient Egypt
- Nursing Madonna and Child by Michelangelo
- “Our Lady of La Leche” – The inspiration for LLL’s name.
- “Thirsty Baby” – Beautiful statue carved from hibiscus wood.
Jewellery:
- Attachments – Beautiful clay breastfeeding goddess pendants and the most adorable heart shaped pendant depicting a nursing baby holding his mama’s breast with a little chubby hand. Also available at Mom’s Breastaurant.
- Breastfeeding Art – A wide range of pewter metal pendants and lapel pins.
- Family Tree Glass – Handmade glass nursing pendants in a variety of colours.
Miscellaneous:
- Australian Breastfeeding Association – Beautiful mugs designed by local artist Rebecca Cool.
- Baby Milk Action – Cute little breastfeeding fridge magnets and handmade breastfeeding dolls.
Do you have any favourite paintings, photos, statues or any other type of nursing imagery you’d like to add? Leave a link in the comments and I’ll add them in to the list!
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Always love breastfeeding art. I arranged an art exhibition in 2004 for the Aust Breastfeeding Association’s 40th birthday. We have some note cards depicting breastfeeding painted by Rebecca Cool (a local ie Perth Australia artist), as well as mugs and coasters painted by her. Thanks for those great web sites.
From one ex-breastfeeder and currently a volunteer breastfeeding counsellor
Kirsten Tannenbaum
Wow-thanks so much for posting all those links! i wish I had taken more pics when I was breastfeeding!
This brings out the photographer and painter within me!
what a wonderful list you’ve put together, HPP! that jewelry is simply beautiful.
@Kirsten, thanks I’ll add Rebecca Cool to the list!
@RunninL8, lucky you being a painter, I can take reasonably good photos but that’s it!
@CDG, the jewellery is lovely isn’t it? I can’t take the praise for the list though, most of it is from a thread on MDC
Every Tuesday I post a “Magical Milk Pic-o-the Week”!
Wow! This is an amazing list! Thank you for putting it all together. Can’t wait to check these all out.
- Tanya
Hey,
Thanks so much for listing my breastfeeding photos on your site!! I love to think of them having their own life and getting out there in the world. And supporting and inspiring breastfeeding.
I am currently working on another body of breastfeeding photos for a show that will be be up for the month of August in Brattleboro, Vermont. And I hope to have those photos on the site at some point too.
thanks again
be well-sarah
@ Sarah, thanks for stopping by, I’m really looking forward to seeing some more of your photos!
It’s late at night and I’m surfing for pictures under “Isis Lactans” and chanced on your page, deep into the pages of Google…I look forward to exploring all the sites here which I don’t already know….and encourage you to look at my site, and even if it is in German, I’d love it if you added it to your list as well. The Links provide at least one great site I didn’t notice in your page. You may note that some of the pictures in the other sites, including the one from Anja Kiel, are pictures I sold to an IBCLC in the States. Any cards sold from these pictures are poor quality and do not have my permission! I sell the original!
Many thanks,
Anne Ruecker
Kaufering, Germany
and please add to the text: http://www.stillkunst.de. Thanks!
anne