There are many things that we may never get the opportunity to see in the world around us but we can still see them through the eyes of a photographer. In some cases, the photographer may be taking pictures of beautiful landscapes or perhaps of different plants, but this photographer was taking pictures of something quite different.
His name was Lennart Nilsson and he took pictures of young children in all stages of prenatal development. In fact, he spent the majority of his life taking these pictures, being the first to take a picture of a human fetus in 1957. Since that time, he has worked along with doctors to produce some of the most unusual and thought-provoking images from inside of the womb. Unfortunately, he has passed away but he leaves behind a legacy of images that you will never forget.
From inside the fallopian tube
The human egg
Just before an egg is fertilized
The sperm fusing with the egg
Carrying the genetic material
An embryo inside of the fallopian tube
A week after conception
Three weeks after conception
The first heartbeat
Four weeks after fertilization
The fifth week
The placenta forming in the sixth week
A fetus at two months
The eyes forming at 10 weeks
Two tiny hands of this embryo
At four months
You can identify the limbs
A fetus can hear sounds
The nails begin forming
Hair cells forming
At six months
Taking on human features
A month prior to birth
He published a book “A Child Was Born” in 1965. Lennart Nilsson passed away January 28, 2017.
Via: Tapoos
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