As a professional photographer for 20 years, I have picked up some tips and tricks along the way and here are a few resources that will hopefully help support your visual storytelling adventures:

For Community:

Sony Alpha Female 

Promoting Passion Conference (Ill be speaking there in Sept! Come!)

For Inspiration:

Sony Alpha Universe

Whats In My Bag

Photoville

Pictures of the Year International

Women Photograph

Eddie Adams Workshop

World Press Photo Competition Gallery

LensCulture

For Gear:

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My current obsession: The Sony a7rV with the 35mm 1.4 lens.

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No one will advocate louder for you than you but how can you know the questions to ask and things to do to best support yourself and your loved ones when it comes to pregnancy? Here are few websites and organizations to check out:

Push for Empowered Pregnancy

Shine for Autumn Act

Natalie Foundation

Measure the Placenta

Count the Kicks

The Rainbow Clinic at Mt. Sinai in NYC

National CMV Foundation

The Griffin Cares Foundation

The Star Legacy Foundation

ProPublica's Stillbirth Series

International Partnership for Perinatal Excellence

Chamber of Mothers

Infant Risk Center

Modern Loss: Grief support

4memphys: Birth, Postpartum Support

To read more about The Loss Mother's Stone and to view videos from the interviews with the mothers, please visit the 2024 NPR Piece in The Picture Story titled, "Through 'The Loss Mother's Stone," mother's share their grief from losing a child to stillbirth."

If you have a story to share, please email nancyborowick@gmail.com. This project is ongoing and every story matters. You can also reach me on Instagram at @nancyborowick