COMMENTARY: Society has conditioned us to celebrate a life lived when an adult passes on, but we hush a baby s death, like it s something to hide. Joan Leong, a volunteer photographer who photographs babies who die at birth, believes that photographs serve as a timeless reminder of the child.
Mothership and The Birthday Collective are in collaboration to share a selection of essays from the 2020 edition of
The Birthday Book
The Birthday Book (which you can buy here) is a collection of essays about Singapore by 55 authors from various walks of life. These essays reflect on the narratives of their lives, that define them as well as Singapore s collective future.