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In Honor Of World Breastfeeding Week, I Took These Photos Of Beautiful Mothers

I am Tammy, a photographer based in Munich, Germany. Breastfeeding photography is very special to me. It is one of those things in life you cannot seem to find the correct words to describe what it makes you feel. I call my project “Walks of Motherhood.”

I feel transported elsewhere when I am shooting a mom breastfeeding her child. It is as though I was feeling their connection, and all that energy gets under my skin.

To commemorate this World Breastfeeding Week 2015, I gathered some of my favorite photos and made a video. I also asked the moms I photographed what breastfeeding means to them, and I wrote these quotes on the video as well. The result is something special to me and I hope the world sees the beauty in it!

More info: tammynicolephotography.com

In Honor Of World Breastfeeding Week, I Took These Photos Of Beautiful Mothers

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Besides being a full-time photographer, I am also a nature enthusiast, a traveler, I love my family and I treasure all the little details of life. I love being outdoors and embed myself in natural surroundings as much as I love a lazy day at home on the couch with my weakness: chocolate and coffee!

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MillsBanerjee 9 years ago

Beautiful photos! The bond between a mother & child is indeed one of the best gifts of God!

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MischaSteen 9 years ago

I agree. Still don't understand why people have problems with moms breastfeeding their children in public. It's natural thing and they just wanna feed their babies, when they're hungry.

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UlrikaTückdeMantel 9 years ago

so wonderful pics! no relationship is stronger than of a mother and her child!

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GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

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KristaTheBaldAvenger 9 years ago

Gorgeous!! I love that you showed all the best in breastfeeding from babies, to nursing while pregnant and extended breastfeeding. I'm in the US and people thought I was crazy for nursing my son until he self-weaned at 26 months. I wish I'd had the support and knowledge to nurse my first child, but was only met with ignorant doctors and terrible lactation consultants. It's awful how ignorant people still are in 2015.

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MahirShakib 9 years ago

I completly understand those are the best pictures that symbolize motherhood that i have ever witnessed . Im a muslim btw and you would be surprised at the number of verses Allah Swt speaks about motherhood and EVEN breastfeeding .

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Chantalvddool 9 years ago

I love Tammy's work! She is a awesome photographer, not only because of the breastfeeding photos but also the use of light and the stunning landscapes were she is shooting her photos!

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sneakcollector 9 years ago

I cannot and will not understand all that panic of all that idiots thinking this NATURAL thing is crime when doing it in public! All that false-faced chichat of that hypermoralic frigid nobrainers...

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IanBodey 9 years ago

Amazing not to just give Birth but to be able to feed the Baby with your own milk, Awesome......

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GertrudeWilkes 9 years ago

Absolutely beautiful! The lovely shy little smiles and wandering toes make me smile . These are beautiful photographs. Thank you, Tammy.

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Leigh-AnnHargreaves 9 years ago

Beautiful photographs. I loved that I could feed my son.

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LuciaHewitt 9 years ago

Really gorgeous photos!

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WayneMurphy 9 years ago

Breastfeeding and nudity are both very natural and should not be seen any other way

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PatRivera 9 years ago

Loved breastfeeding my babies. It makes you slow down, stop, and just have that special time to grow and make that connection as mother and child.

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MahirShakib 9 years ago

It is the pinnacle of motherhood . It is pure happiness . Even thou i will never have that privellage but i grew up and still live in a society where not breastfeeding your children is a TABOO . . . .

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JacksonTurner 8 years ago

Some of those kids look kinda old to be still breastfeeding.

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Heysax 9 years ago

I wish my dr back in 1990 had not recommended I stop breastfeeding when I became pregnant again. My baby was only 9 months old. He said it could take needed nourishment away from the developing baby. He was an idiot. I loved nursing my babies. The bond was increadable

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VigdísEinarsdóttir 9 years ago

Great photos thank you.

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AnitaBirdJaeger 9 years ago

Beautiful pictures!! Thank you so much for sharing them! You captured the pure love between the mothers and children perfectly!

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JimHathaway 9 years ago

some of these kids are kinda old for breastfeeding though...

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Denise 9 years ago

Beautiful ! So much better than seeing pictures and reading about Cecil the lion !

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CaroleWilliams 9 years ago

Beautiful

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Kelsey Smith 7 years ago

So unbelievably beautiful!

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IanBodey 8 years ago

All I know is id I sucked on the Wife's Tits for six months She'd beat me senseless round the head........

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TerriGold 9 years ago

These are intimate and beautiful.

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DawnBuchroeder 9 years ago

Tammy , believe it or not I do appreciate the quotes that are written for your video , however I had to pause the video for everyone of them because the pass by to quickly .....this probably wouldn't have been to bad had the annoying arrow play button wasn't snack dab in the middle of the sentence when it was paused! Maybe u can edit the video to allow more than 2 seconds to read them? I believe these quotes play a big part of this masterpiece you made! Other than that your work is extraordinarily beautiful! Just hate to see a silly thing like this spoil it! Keep up the awesome work! I bet a collection of animals would be good also!

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TejashriJoshi 9 years ago

this is so beautiful..

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MimSou 9 years ago

Ok, the pictures r great. Then i clicked play on the video and had to skip after half of a minute, the music chosen is awful! So horribly kitshy and it takes away the beauty of the pics...

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TammyNicole (Post author) 9 years ago

My husband made the music following my strict and picky requests. He made every second according to what I was humming. I love it with all my heart. I created these photos from my heart and my husband made the music happen. Sorry for you that it does not fit your own personal music taste.

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BethBurgess 9 years ago

Beautiful! So much love!

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PennielouWesson 9 years ago

SUCH A BEAUTIFUL THING!!

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ÁgnesLászló 9 years ago

Beautyful pictures!

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ErinWhite 9 years ago

Tammy we need to work together! I'm in Kaiserslautern!

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TammyNicole (Post author) 9 years ago

I'd love to! How do I find you? :)

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TeaBerries 9 years ago

Your kid should not be able to spell MILK and need to breast feed at the same time.

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Mohsen 9 years ago

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ElenaS. 9 years ago

Would have been nice if I had seen myself represented in these photos. Not one person of colour??

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HeatherPinske 9 years ago

This photographer lives in Germany, based in Munic. Unfortionately she might not have had the opportuinity to photograph a woman of color breastfeeding yet, and it says this was created using some of the work she's done in the past.

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AnimaDelMolino 9 years ago

Dear Mr. Breastfeeding specialist, These are babies and toddlers, not teenagers... Some mothers think that sharing these special moments with their kids longer and continue to provide them this nurturing and full of antibodies milk is the best thing for them. I don't think this will make them perverts or spoiled kids... That's just a natural way to give love. If your not at ease with it, just go your own way without judging please. And breastfeed your own baby as you want - or not.

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CharleneAdams 9 years ago

I agree . I know in some countries they breast feed kids till they are teenagers . Most kids are of the bottle by a year and these kids are looking older than that . I guess you can do what you want but it seems a little strange to me just saying maybe I AM WRONG. What is the average age to stop breast feeding anyone know?

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CarmenAbrego-Galindo 9 years ago

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GertrudeWilkes 9 years ago

Because the photographer is a private individual a "a photographer based in Munich, Germany." The clients she has had the opportunity to photograph and presumably the women who chose to allow her to share their breastfeeding photos were white. Don't look to take offense when there is no reason.

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MillsBanerjee 9 years ago

Beautiful photos! The bond between a mother & child is indeed one of the best gifts of God!

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MischaSteen 9 years ago

I agree. Still don't understand why people have problems with moms breastfeeding their children in public. It's natural thing and they just wanna feed their babies, when they're hungry.

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UlrikaTückdeMantel 9 years ago

so wonderful pics! no relationship is stronger than of a mother and her child!

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GraceInRainbows 9 years ago

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KristaTheBaldAvenger 9 years ago

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Chantalvddool 9 years ago

I love Tammy's work! She is a awesome photographer, not only because of the breastfeeding photos but also the use of light and the stunning landscapes were she is shooting her photos!

5points

sneakcollector 9 years ago

I cannot and will not understand all that panic of all that idiots thinking this NATURAL thing is crime when doing it in public! All that false-faced chichat of that hypermoralic frigid nobrainers...

4points

IanBodey 9 years ago

Amazing not to just give Birth but to be able to feed the Baby with your own milk, Awesome......

4points

GertrudeWilkes 9 years ago

Absolutely beautiful! The lovely shy little smiles and wandering toes make me smile . These are beautiful photographs. Thank you, Tammy.

4points

Leigh-AnnHargreaves 9 years ago

Beautiful photographs. I loved that I could feed my son.

3points

LuciaHewitt 9 years ago

Really gorgeous photos!

3points

WayneMurphy 9 years ago

Breastfeeding and nudity are both very natural and should not be seen any other way

2points

PatRivera 9 years ago

Loved breastfeeding my babies. It makes you slow down, stop, and just have that special time to grow and make that connection as mother and child.

2points

MahirShakib 9 years ago

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JacksonTurner 8 years ago

Some of those kids look kinda old to be still breastfeeding.

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Heysax 9 years ago

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VigdísEinarsdóttir 9 years ago

Great photos thank you.

1point

AnitaBirdJaeger 9 years ago

Beautiful pictures!! Thank you so much for sharing them! You captured the pure love between the mothers and children perfectly!

1point

JimHathaway 9 years ago

some of these kids are kinda old for breastfeeding though...

1point

Denise 9 years ago

Beautiful ! So much better than seeing pictures and reading about Cecil the lion !

1point

CaroleWilliams 9 years ago

Beautiful

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Kelsey Smith 7 years ago

So unbelievably beautiful!

0points

IanBodey 8 years ago

All I know is id I sucked on the Wife's Tits for six months She'd beat me senseless round the head........

0points

TerriGold 9 years ago

These are intimate and beautiful.

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DawnBuchroeder 9 years ago

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TejashriJoshi 9 years ago

this is so beautiful..

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MimSou 9 years ago

Ok, the pictures r great. Then i clicked play on the video and had to skip after half of a minute, the music chosen is awful! So horribly kitshy and it takes away the beauty of the pics...

0points