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Birth in Round 6

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Round 6 Contest Judges

Joe Weiss, Preston Gannaway, Renee C. Byer, Jen Tse

The Family Photojournalist Association is proud to present the winners of Birth in the Round 6. FPJA documentary family photographers are the best in the industry and know that their images are judged by the most notable and respected working newspaper photojournalists and picture editors in the news industry. Winning an award in these competitions is a true accomplishment.

A father gets emotional as he holds his newborn infant in the hospital for the first time in this black and white photo by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil documentary birth photographer.
Claudia Ruiz - Rio de Janeiro
A mother lays on a hospital bed looking over at her newborn as the doctor checks her heartbeat in this black and white photo by a Minas Gerais, Brazil birth photographer.
Gabi Marques - Minas Gerais
A boy gives his mother a drink during her at-home water birth in this black and white photo by a documentary-style Fort Wayne, IN birth photographer.
Koren Albright - Fort Wayne
A doctor pulls a baby out of its mother in the hospital in this photo by a London, England documentary-style birth photographer.
Morgana Secco - London
A husband holds his wife's hand in the hospital as she prepares to give birth in this black and white photo composed by an award-winning Minas Gerais, Brazil birth photographer.
Gabi Marques - Minas Gerais
A father goes to visit his newborn in the hospital in this photograph captured by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil documentary birth photographer.
Claudia Ruiz - Rio de Janeiro
A mother meets her infant for the first time in the hospital as the doctor closes her C-section in this photo by an award-winning Minas Gerais birth photographer.
Val Goncalves - Belo Horizonte
A family gets to meet their newest family member in the hospital in this photo by an award-winning Espirito Santo, Brazil birth photographer.
Rebeca de Lima Oliveira Bianca - Espirito Santo
A family comforts a new mother in the hospital as her newborn sleeps next to her in this photo by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil birth photographer.
Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro
A nurse holds up a newborn baby for its family to see in the hospital in this black and white photo by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil documentary birth photographer.
Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro
A husband supports his wife as she gives birth in the hospital in this image captured by a Minas Gerais documentary birth photographer.
Val Goncalves - Belo Horizonte
A father visits his newborn in the hospital in this black and white image captured by a documentary-style Minas Gerais, Brazil birth photographer.
Gabi Marques - Minas Gerais
Two nurses help a woman during her home birth in this black and white birth image captured by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil photographer.
Fabio Souza - Rio de Janeiro
A pregnant woman sits on the edge of a hospital bed as she checks her phone in this black and white birth photo captured by a Minas Gerais, Brazil documentary photographer.
Gabi Marques - Minas Gerais
A man kisses his wife's forehead through a surgical mask after she gives birth in the hospital in this black and white image composed by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil birth photographer.
Claudia Ruiz - Rio de Janeiro
A father waits anxiously in the hospital as his wife gives birth in this photo captured by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil documentary birth photographer.
Luciana Bello Vermelho - Rio de Janeiro
The family surrounds a mother who has just given birth at home in her birthing tub in this black and white photo by a Fort Wayne, IN birth photographer.
Koren Albright - Fort Wayne
A mother and father kiss their newborn in the hospital in this birth photograph taken by a London, England documentary photographer.
Morgana Secco - London
A woman leans against a yoga ball in the shower during her at-home birth in this black and white photo taken by a Sao Paulo, Brazil birth photographer.
Paulo Cezar Jr. - Sao Paulo
Nurses hold a crying newborn infant in the hospital in this documentary birth picture captured by an award-winning Rio de Janeiro, Brazil photographer.
Claudia Ruiz - Rio de Janeiro
A mother and father hold their newborn twins in the hospital for the first time in this black and white photo by an award-winning Rio de Janeiro, Brazil birth photographer.
Claudia Ruiz - Rio de Janeiro
A husband touches noses with his wife as she holds their newborn in the hospital in this birth photograph by an award-winning Rio de Janeiro, Brazil photographer.
Claudia Ruiz - Rio de Janeiro
The doctor and nurses cut a baby's umbilical cord in this documentary birth photo by a Minas Gerais photographer.
Vinicius Matos - Belo Horizonte
A nurse holds up an infant to the hospital window for its family to see as they gather around and take pictures in this family photo by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil photographer.
Liliane Cotta - Rio de Janeiro
A father takes a picture of his crying newborn in the hospital in this black and white birth photo created by an award-winning Minas Gerais, Brazil photographer.
Gabi Marques - Minas Gerais
A husband holds his wife's hand in the hospital as she gives birth in this picture captured by a Florianopolis birth photographer.
Thiago Braga - Florianopolis
A doctor picks up a newborn as its father waits excitedly behind him in this black and white image composed by a documentary-style Rio de Janeiro, Brazil birth photographer.
Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro
A doctor holds a newborn and prepares to cut the umbilical cord in this image recorded by a documentary-style Salvador birth photographer.
Renata Casali - Salvador
A family looks through the hospital window to see their newborn family member in this black and white photo by a Minas Gerais, Brazil birth photographer.
Eduardo Bedran - Minas Gerais
A nurse hands a newborn to its mother to hold for the first time after giving birth in the hospital in this image captured by an award-winning Rio de Janeiro, Brazil birth photographer.
Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro
A family supports a woman in the hospital as she prepares to give birth in this black and white photo by a Key West, FL birth photographer.
Julie Ambos - Key West
A mother holds her newborn in the hospital as her own mother comes to see in this image composed by an award-winning Minas Gerais birth photographer.
Adriana Costa - Belo Horizonte
A little boy and girl hold their newborn sibling in the hospital on their mother's lap in this black and white documentary-style photo by an award-winning Montreal, Quebec birth photographer.
Adeline Leonti - Montreal
A doctor lifts a newborn up from the hospital table in this black and white birth photo taken by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil photographer.
Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro
A father and mother hold their newborn on the hospital bed in this black and white award-winning photo captured by a Minas Gerais, Brazil birth photographer.
Eduardo Bedran - Minas Gerais
A doctor cleans up a newborn as nurses close the mother's C-section in this black and white photo by a Rio de Janeiro documentary birth photographer.
Clara Sampaio - Rio de Janeiro
A mother holds her baby after her at-home water birth in this black and white photo by an award-winning Fort Wayne, IN birth photographer.
Koren Albright - Fort Wayne
A doctor lets a mother see her baby for the first time after her C-section in this photo taken in the hospital by a Minas Gerais birth photographer.
Val Goncalves - Belo Horizonte
A father holds his baby in the hospital in this black and white image composed by a documentary-style Minas Gerais, Brazil birth photographer.
Gabi Marques - Minas Gerais
A family visits their newest member in the hospital in this black and white image recorded by a Rio de Janeiro, Brazil birth photographer.
Luciana Bello Vermelho - Rio de Janeiro