Becoming Parents: Janine Bächle

A personal and unvarnished look at becoming a parent and, at the same time, a realistic counterpoint to romanticizing guidebooks and Social Media. Text in English and German.

Becoming a parent is not only about joy, happiness, and fulfillment. It can also trigger anger, despair, exhaustion, fear, and pain, as photographer Janine Bächle demonstrates in her long-term, autobiographical project, Becoming Parents. Bächle documented her pregnancy with an unvarnished lens, breaking taboos by showin...