How Life Begins, Lennart Nilsson, 1965
This photo, which shows a fetus at 18 weeks, was one of the first pictures taken with the endoscope. In a photo essay published in Life Magazine in 1965, Lennart Nilsson captured the mystery of life from conception to intra-uterine development. Nilsson’s images revealed for the first time what a developing fetus looks like. With its clear, detailed view of human life at its earliest stages, the issue sold out within days. He won the 1966 Photographer of the Year award for his photos.
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