for services to photography and the community. The award was among those
announced as part of the Queen Elizabeth II's Birthday Honors List.
PURE
has 275,000 copies in print worldwide: 187,000 copies in hardback and 88,000 in
paperback.
Until Now
has more than 975,000 copies in print worldwide; originally published in Europe
in 1998, and in the U.S. and Canada in late 1999.
Little Thoughts with Love
has sold more than 787,000 copies; originally published in 1998.
Down in the Garden
surpasses 1.5 million copies in print worldwide; originally published in 1996.
Sold in 30 countries, there are now more than 12 million Anne Geddes calendars
and datebooks in print worldwide.
Designated funds totaling US $2 million have been donated through the
non-profit Geddes Philanthropic Trust to help prevent child abuse in Australia,
New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
"Anne Geddes" is the 4th most popular baby-related search term requested on the
Overture search engine, accessed by AOL and MSN users.
Anne is the 6th most popular woman on Google.fr (France) searches, according to
New Zealand Listener magazine.
Anne's websites, annegeddes.com, annegeddesbaby.com and annegeddes-shop.com,
attract more than 575,000 unique visitors from over 200 countries per month.
These figures are based on the new eMetrics recording methodology called
User/Browser Based measurement.
2003
Anne Geddes and Celine Dion launch their new project, Miracle
, a collection of songs and images scheduled for release in October 2004.
Anne Geddes Baby clothing collection expands its online presence with the
launch of its Amazon.com boutique.
Anne incorporates her internationally acclaimed images into her clothing
designs with the introduction of the Baby Bears Collection.
PURE
has 187,000 copies in print worldwide.
Anne's website receives the Best Diversified Business Website Award from the
Web Marketing Association and the Best Diversified Business Email Marketing
Message and Best Retail Email Marketing Message in the Web Marketing
Association's 2003 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards.
The Anne Geddes Baby clothing collection website, annegeddesbaby.com, receives
the Best International Email Marketing Message in the Web Marketing
Association's 2003 Internet Advertising Competition (IAC) Awards.
The Anne Geddes Baby Clothing Collection is launched in Europe.
Shop at Anne Geddes was launched in March featuring an online selection of Anne
Geddes products.
2001
Five years in the making and featuring 123 never-before-published black and
white and color images, PURE is released in Europe, the U.S., and
Canada, receiving international acclaim. It remains on the Barnes & Noble
list as Best Photographic Book for 10 weeks, and appears on the French magazine
Livre Hebdo
bestsellers list for three weeks.
International Praise for PURE
"PURE, a coffee-table book filled with radiant images...photographed
by Anne Geddes."
- The New York Times
, Sunday "Style"
"The photographs are, I have no other word for it: charming. As if under a
spell the babies lie there, like small puppets made of powdered marzipan. They
have come to us, on a breeze from a Wonder- or Charm-Land. Not the smallest
trace adheres to them, perhaps some star dust."
- Bünte
(Germany)
"Her fanciful photos are seen around the world. In her new book of images, Anne
Geddes approaches the small ones with still greater feelings...a book with
classical power."
- Für Sie
(Germany)
"...to capture the precious moments... before this incandescence drifts
away...to see the impalpable beauty and hold it in an image. These are the
photos of babies that have made Anne Geddes one of the most loved photographers
in the world."
- Corriere della Sera
, "iO magazine" (Italy)
"One of the world's best-known photographers...Anne Geddes has established
herself as a respected artist...and these photos from a new book, PURE,
show how her work has evolved. They are simple and elegant."
- ABC-TV's 20/20
"Always with the same delicateness and the same vision, (Anne Geddes) creates
images that resemble no others."
- Femme Actuelle
(France)
"(Anne Geddes) has devised a distinct style of shooting portraits of babies and
young children...which are innovative, well-prepared and heart-warming...her
work has a magical quality."
- The Times Journal of Photography
(India)
"Australian photographer Geddes's latest...spectacular. These 123 new color and
b&w photographs offer a variety of...poses..., many of which, through the
ingenious use of body stockings and some careful camera work, simulate
pregnancy...here are babies...nestled at the breast, and simple, intense
closeups of sleeping infants."
- Publishers Weekly
(US)
"From the round belly of the mother-to-be, to the first contact of the mother
and her young one, this work presents pregnancy, its richness and its
mysteries. A work full of softness and tenderness!
- Maman!
(France)
"This sumptuous large-format book deals exclusively with the subject of birth
... The variety of the photographs is remarkable, especially given the
singularity of the subject, and each one is beautifully executed...Aptly
titled, this collection of technically and aesthetically exquisite photographs
is imbued with grace and hope. Highly recommended.
- Library Journal
(US)
In May, Anne and her business partner and husband, Kel, are honored with the
Childhelp USA Humanitarian Award for their generous support of Childhelp USA
and its programs.
Anne's website (annegeddes.com) attracts more than 24.6 million unique visitors
from 208 countries during the past 2 years. The site is honored with the 2002
Standard of Excellence WebAward, presented by the Web Marketing Association.
The Anne Geddes Baby clothing collection website also receives the Standard of
Excellence WebAward.
More than 15 million Anne Geddes titles published in 16 languages have been
sold worldwide.
Anne's international bestseller My First Five Years
has more than 2.6 million copies in print.
Until Now
has more than 975,000 copies in print worldwide.
Little Thoughts with Love
has more than 762,000 copies in print.
Down in the Garden
surpasses 1.4 million copies in print worldwide.
The Anne Geddes 2002 calendar program ranks in the top 15 of all calendar
licensed programs in the U.S. and Canada. Now more than 10 million Anne Geddes
calendars and datebooks in print worldwide.
2001
Successful U.S. launch of the Anne Geddes Baby clothing collection, an infant
wear and accessories range designed by Anne. American Baby magazine
says, "Anne Geddes, whose fanciful children's photos have become classics, now
has a line of precious baby clothes fresh for spring;" Child comments,
"Picture Perfect: Photographer Anne Geddes has launched a line of baby
clothes;" Children's Business tells its readers, "Boasting a European
style sensibility and superior quality and workmanship, the collection consists
of a wide variety of easy-to-wear, mix-and-match...items...A strong sense of
character and light-hearted humor flows throughout the line, in the true
tradition of babywear," and BabyTalk
adds, "Anne Geddes has extended her unique aesthetic to her own line of
clothing for babies."
Celebrating 10 years of best-selling calendars, the Anne Geddes 2002 special
edition calendars and datebooks are released featuring images that adorned
Anne's calendar covers over the past decade. There are now more than 8.6
million Anne Geddes calendars and datebooks in print worldwide.
Anne's website honored with 2001 Best Publishing Web Site WebAward, presented
by the Web Marketing Association.
Until Now
approaches 800,000 copies in print worldwide.
2000
Until Now
approaches 700,000 copies in print worldwide.
Until Now
was #1 best-seller in France for non-fiction, hard-cover books in December.
More than 14 million Anne Geddes titles have been sold worldwide.
Little Thoughts with Love
has sold more than 500,000 copies.
My First Five Years
has sold more than two million copies worldwide.
Over 13 million Anne Geddes titles have been sold worldwide.
1999
Until Now
is released to immediate acclaim in the US and Canada. It is #1 on the holiday
bestseller list in France for its second consecutive year. "The book is
wonderful...really marvelous," said "Good Morning America." "Artfully composed,
exquisitely produced..." noted Newsday.
Upon its debut, annegeddes.com is listed as #1 on Yahoo's "New Best of the Week
Sites" and receives the CoolSTOP Best of the Cool Award for "great graphic
design, creativity, easy navigation and original, interesting content." It also
is named an Outstanding Web Site in the 1999 WebAward Web Site Competition.
Little Thoughts with Love
has sold more than 280,000 copies.
Down in the Garden
surpasses 1.4 million copies in print worldwide.
1998
Anne receives the "Kodak Fotobuchpreis 1998"- called "the most prestigious
award an illustrated book can receive in Germany" by German publisher
Collection Rolf Heyne - for Until Now, her retrospective edition.
Printed in eight languages, Until Now becomes the #1 illustrated book
on the Livre Hebdo list in France, and rises to #15 on the prestigious
U.K. Sunday Times
Bestseller list. In Germany, it is reprinted four times in four months.
Little Thoughts with Love, released in the U.S., becomes a bestseller,
appearing on the USA Today extended bestseller list for three weeks,
peaking at #37 for hardcover nonfiction books. It placed #10 on the ForeWord
magazine bestsellers list for 2 months and moved up to #9 for one month. American
Baby says, "...the award-winning photographer has compiled a selection
of stunning shots...," Family Circle runs a full-page of its images,
and Good Housekeeping
asks, "Know a mom-to-be who needs a present? Here's one sure to set off a tidal
wave of joyful tears."
Anne provides keynote address at Photokina 1998, in Cologne, Germany, receiving
award from the World Council of Professional Photographers for her work and
contribution to photography.
1997
Down in the Garden returns to The New York Times bestseller
list in January, February, and May, for a total of 13 weeks on this prestigious
list. It is included among the best books of the year in the Entertainment
Weekly '97 Yearbook.
Anne's 1997 Collection of Images
12" calendar ranks #1 in sales in the United States, according to the Calendar
Club.
Anne is awarded a Lifetime Membership in the Professional Photographers of
America.
She is awarded an Honorary Fellowship with the New Zealand Institute of
Professional Photographers (NZIPP) in recognition of her unique style of
photography and success in the publishing industry in New Zealand and abroad.
Annual Retail Award Presentations -- Two commercials Anne directed for a
leading U.S. retailer receive Gold Awards for Best Retail Commercials in the
United States.
My First Five Years
has sold more than one million copies worldwide.
1996
Her critically acclaimed gift book, Down in the Garden, is widely
touted as the #1 gift book in the United States. It is swept to #3 on The New
York Times bestseller list, remaining on this prestigious list for six
weeks. Rising to #2 on the Los Angeles Times bestseller list, it is
named a "Best Bet" book by publications across the country. TIME Magazine
notes Down in the Garden's
"whimsical and colorful collages," and People magazine says Anne "does wonders
with minor models and a fertile imagination."
Calendar Marketing Association -- Down in the Garden
12" calendar receives two Golds (Most Original and Best Color Separation); the
Anne Geddes Datebook receives a Bronze for Best Color Separation.
1994
NZIPP Annual Photographic Competition - Anne receives trophy as 1995 Portrait
Category Winner. Awarded two Gold Merits (for her "Maneesha" and "Sweetpeas"
images) and four Silver Merits (for "Full Term," "Black Pearl," "Acorns," and
"Julia Snail").
AIPA -- Awarded two Bronze Merits for "Full Term" and "Jack and Maneesha"
images.
1993
NZIPP Annual Photographic Competition - Having accumulated the most merits ever
awarded to an individual photographer at the NZIPP competition, Anne is the
first woman to earn a Fellow of Photography from the Institute through its
awards system. Additional Gold and Silver Merits garner the prestigious "Gold
Bar" for her Fellowship status.
AGFA/NZIPP -- With 12 images entered, Anne's "Philip and the Baby" receives
trophies as 1993 People Category Winner, as well as 1993 Champion Print. She is
awarded six Gold and five Silver Merits.
1992
AGFA Photokina (Germany) - Anne places 1st in the People Section and places 1st
in the Open Section.
New Zealand Professional Photographers Association (NZPPA) Annual Photographic
Competition - Anne achieves her Master of Photography. Received the Fuji
Hanimex Trophy for Unclassified Photography. She is named 1992 Commercial
Photographer of the Year, and awarded two Gold and six Silver Merits.
(NZPPA becomes the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers, or
NZIPP)
1991
NZPPA Annual Photographic Competition - Anne is awarded her NZPPA
Associateship. Named 1991 Commercial Photographer of the Year, as well as 1991
Wedding Portrait Photographer of the Year. Awarded three Gold and five Silver
Merits.
1990
Anne is accepted into the New Zealand Professional Photographers Association
(NZPPA)
NZPPA Annual Photographic Competition - With four prints entered, Anne is
awarded one Gold Merit, two Silver Merits, and wins the Harrison Trophy for
Portraiture.
