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Photography Gallery Show at JP Library Captures the Stories of Babies & Families

From November 1st - December 2nd,
an exhibition of Boston photographer Jessica McDaniel’s candid black and white
photographs of babies, young children and families will be featured at the
Jamaica Plain Branch of the Boston Public Library on 12 Sedgwick Street in
Jamaica Plain.




The gallery show celebrates 10 years of McDaniel’s work as a baby photographer,
whose specialty is capturing warm, natural and spontaneous family moments. This
show highlights her black and white photography, allowing the photos and the
light to tell the story, from parents marveling at their newborn to a just-sitting-up-baby examining her tummy to toddler siblings giggling at each
others’ antics. The gallery show is curated into ten thematic categories and features
100 photos.  



“Planning this show has been such
a labor of love; it was a matter of digging through thousands of families’ photoshoots
from the last decade, considering them as part of a body of work… by far the
best part was remembering all these families having fun together,” said McDaniel, who photographs
160-180 families a year throughout the greater Boston area.  “I love that
each family has a different story to tell. I know how important it is to tell (and show) these stories in my photos.”












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