Anne Geddes Baby Pictures

Anne Geddes and Celine Dion

Anne Geddes and Celine Dion celebrate the Miracle of new life together

Miracle is a unique artistic collaboration between photographer Anne Geddes (famous for her extraordinary pictures of babies in various positions and unusual situations) and internationally renowned singer Celine Dion. It celebrates the innocence and beauty of newborns. Celine Dion’s CD and Anne Geddes’s book illustrating the special bond between mothers and babies are packaged together under the title Miracle. It is the first time that Anne Geddes has ever had her images accompanied with a musical element.

How Miracle came to be
Although Anne Geddes and Celine Dion were both fans of one another’s respective artistic talents, the two had never met. What brought them together and laid the foundation for their ensuing collaboration on Miracle was, fittingly enough, a little girl. Anne Geddes was very close to a young girl who was dying of cancer. Because this child was a huge fan of Celine Dion, Anne decided to contact the famous singer and ask if she would be able to speak with her. Celine agreed. Shortly after their initial meeting, Celine became pregnant and when her son was born, Anne photographed him. That was when they came up with the idea to work together on a project - Miracle was the result.

One of the first images in the book is one of a tiny baby asleep in a lotus flower. Anne Geddes chose this image because the lotus is said to represent life. However, at the time when Anne wanted to begin taking photographs, the lotus was blooming only in a tropical climate and her crew had to fly to Brisbane Australia in order to pick just the right flower! Nonetheless, all efforts were well worth it as Miracle was officially launched in New York on October 12, 2004 with a big celebration at the Sony Headquarters. It received almost instant critical acclaim and landed on the New York Times best seller list.