Anne Geddes is basically the Annie Leibovitz of baby photos — just substitute babies in bumblebee suits, or perched on top of toadstools in place of windswept celebrity portraits.
This infantile whimsy is on full display in her new book, Anne Geddes: Small World (out now), which features a retrospective of her surreal baby shots that have left people saying “aw!” and “huh?” for more than 30 years. In anticipation, the Australia-born, NYC-based photographer’s Instagram feed has been filled with shots of where her former subjects are now, several decades later. Take a peek at these hilarious before-and-after throwbacks, like these former nappers:
Or this potted teddy turned author:
Or lastly, this erstwhile “toadstool princess” turned environmentalist (Coincidence? We think not.):
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