By Nicky Park for RNZ Warning: This story deals with baby loss and may cause distress Emma MacDonald has photographed nearly 650 babies and children who have died in New Zealand. “I always sort of take a minute as you cross the threshold ..

. this family are facing their darkest hours and it’s an absolute privilege and honour to be invited into that space. “I’ve had tears rolling down my face behind my camera in some sessions; others, you don’t cry because the love and the joy that the parents have, you know they will have more moments of sadness, but in that time they are just celebrating their little daughter or son .

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