Here is a short bio on our presenter for the Share Night on Wed 9th August.

It looks impressive, and certainly an evening not to be missed. Here are a few words from Selena.

Selena Rollason is an internationally award winning professional birth photographer from Queensland, Australia who has built a full time career photographing birth. Her birth images are known worldwide and beautifully document some of the most raw and special moments that families experience on the day they meet their baby. She has won International, National and State Photography Titles for her work – taking out 1st place in the Photojournalism at the WPPI annual print competition 2 years running, as well as the 2015 & 2016 Australian Birth Photographer of the Year, the 2016 Queensland Birth Photographer of the Year and the 2017 Queensland Travel Photographer of the Year. As a mother of 4 Selena understands the role that photographs are having in changing the way that women see themselves and their births and is helping to reverse societal perceptions around childbirth – showing women that birth is something to be celebrated and not feared.

 

The “Birth” of a new photographic genre

It’s not every day that a new photographic genre springs up and takes the world by storm. And yet that is exactly what has happened with professional “birth photography” in the past 5-10 years. The popularity of the new genre has grown so fast that the industry is scrambling to keep up with it and make sense of what it involves. As a result, it is a vastly misunderstood genre at present and yet the resulting images are powerfully changing the lives of women and their families worldwide. So where has its growth come from? What is (and isn’t) it all about? How are photographers making it work? And most importantly – WHY is it so popular?

 

Birth photography is NOT about graphic images – it’s about beautiful moments, emotive storytelling and precious memories – and this talk will take you through Selena’s journey, her biggest challenges and the why!!!