Jennifer Loomis

Early life

Loomis was born in Connecticut but lived all over the world as a child and young adult. She has resided in Virginia, Indiana, and Kansas, while living internationally in Japan, Indonesia, Singapore, and Kenya. Before becoming an internationally acclaimed photographer, Loomis was working in Annie Leibovitz's studio. There she witnessed a photo shoot of the pregnant Demi Moore to be featured in Vanity Fair. This photo shoot was an inspiration for Jennifer to explore the beauty in the changing bodies of pregnant women.

Career

Throughout Jennifer’s career, she has captured over 1700 women in nude pregnant women. She has worked towards altering the perspective society holds on pregnancy by gracefully capturing the beauty and intimacy that pregnancy bestows on the body. Jennifer has said, “More than a portrait, I want to photograph a feeling that captures and celebrates each individual woman’s beauty of motherhood."

Loomis compiled her photographs to create a groundbreaking book, Portraits of Pregnancy, co-authored by Hugo Kugiya, an acclaimed journalist. Throughout the book she features pregnant women posing fearless and nude in the comfort of their own skin. With each portrait she provides an intimate story of the model and how they embraced their beauty and sexuality in a time of rapid psychical change. Ricki Lake and Abby Epstein, authors of Your Best Birth, claim, “Jennifer Loomis’s evocative and moving portraits of pregnancy are a joy to behold. The images will captivate you and the stories of these women’s diverse journeys to motherhood will touch your heart.”

Publicity

Internationally recognized, Loomis' work has been prominently featured in TIME Magazine, CBS's The Morning Show, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, the Associated Press, Fit Pregnancy, Pregnancy Magazine, NPR, Good Morning America, and Inside Edition, along with other media.

In 2011, Loomis had her pregnancy work exhibited in Perugia, Italy in a museum of contemporary art called Palazzo Della Penna.