the--elusive--muse

A fetus at 20 weeks.

A Child is Born: Photographs of the foetus developing in the womb, by Lennart Nilsson.

When Lennart Nilsson’s pictures of developing embryos were published in Life magazine in 1965, they caused a sensation. Within days, the entire print run of eight million had sold out. More than 40 years later, the photographs have lost none of their power.