Vicki Cardilini, The Nuchal Loop (DOCUMENTARY & STREET 2026)

"An honest, unvarnished look at the raw beauty and quiet trust of a home water birth on the Sunshine Coast. The frame captures a fleeting, breathtaking second during delivery as the midwife calmly loops the umbilical cord over the baby's head mid emergence. Stripping away the idealised imagery of childbirth, this image honors the incredible focus of the mother and the steady, guiding hands of her village as new life safely arrives."

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