While premature babies can face difficult uphill battles, dependent on when they were born, a Quebec-based photographer, Red Methot is showing in his Les Premas photo series that premature babies often do overcome many challenges and persevere.
The photo series shows people of widely varying ages posing with photos of themselves as premature babies.
In most, the trappings of the hospital ICU are still present, as premature babies can be born with under-developed organs, and are usually held in the ICU until their organs have developed fully.
And because preemies have less time to develop in the womb, they often face a number of difficulties in their first few months of life.
Methot’s photos illustrate this and highlight the strength and perseverance these babies had in order to overcome challenges early in life.
On his facebook, Red Methot writes:
“This album shows portraits of people born prematurely that have sometimes had a difficult journey at the beginning of life. You can see what they have become.”
Look through the Les Premas series:
Felix, born at 23 weeks, and his brother Alexis, born at almost 33 weeks
Thomas, born at 23 weeks
Felix, born at 24 weeks
Lexiani, born at 25 weeks
Theo, born at 25 weeks
Charles, born at 26 weeks
Emile, born at 26 weeks
Zachary, born at 27 weeks
Alice, born at 27 weeks
Eva, born at 29 weeks
Margot, born at 29 weeks
Noah and Nathan, born at 32 weeks
Noah, born at 32 weeks. His twin sister Victoria, left in the framed picture, died after living 1 month
Tamica, born at 32 weeks (and 26 weeks pregnant at the time of the photo)
Julie, born at 7 months of pregnancy, and her son Kevin, born at 34 weeks
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[Featured Image Credit: Red Mathot]