Anne Geddes was born on September 13, 1956, in Home Hill, Queensland, Australia. When she was younger, Anne was influenced by the stories of May Gibbs which features also Gumnut babies. She had a very difficult childhood when living on a farm with her family, so by age 17 she dropped out of school and left home. Anne later married Kel Geddes and moved to Hong Kong. She started to teach herself photography while using her husband’s camera – a 35mm Pentax K1000 camera. She started to take portraiture of newborns because no photo existed of herself as a newborn. Anne explains how she was born in the middle of five girls and her parents didn’t find it too important to capture those milestones of a newborn.

When Anne Geddes was 27, she moved back with her husband to Sydney and already built her portfolio. She started to specialize in baby photography when she realized how popular her photography of using her two daughters for a family Christmas card. By age 30 she moves to Melbourne because of her husband's work and started to work as a photographer. She eventually started her own private business in her garage and her work became very popular.

Anne Geddes in the beginning took her photographs of mostly a baby’s natural position. But then she made her photographs more distinctive with her style of posing babies in elaborate costumes and whimsical, dreamlike settings. Some of her fantastical costumes include dressing the babies as fairies, mermaids, fish, butterflies, turtles, etc. Additionally, she loves transforming babies into different animals including bears, ladybugs, bumblebees, and bunnies. One of her famous poses is the baby cabbage patch in which she uses heads of cabbages as her props. Most of her props are custom made such as her various flower pots and oversized shoes in which she positions the baby inside.

Her process includes setting up her studio in advance with the lighting, props, camera, and equipment so all the baby has to do is sit. She doesn’t audition the baby beforehand because she believes that all babies can be captured beautifully. Her sessions are usually a half hour long, in which she shoots her pictures rapidly before the babies get bored. She also has the parents there for assistance to capture the unique facial expressions of the baby.

Anne Geddes also shoots her photography for philanthropic causes. She created her own organization called the Geddes Philanthropic Trust, which focuses on the issue of child abuse and neglect. She created a series of photos of survivors of meningococcal disease. She shows the families of those that were affected by that disease and honors those who were able to have the courage to survive it. In my opinion, I think that this concept of choosing children and adults born with a disease was a bold choice on her part. The reason for this is that Geddes mostly focuses on the perfect individuals but there’s another side of her – seeing the beauty within every person.

Anne Geddes has conducted different photoshoots in many different countries across the world. She started off photographing in Australia, where she uses landscapes as backdrops for her photos. Afterward, Geddes traveled to many countries in Europe including the United Kingdom, France, and Italy in which she focuses on how architecture can affect her photography. Later she focuses her photography in New Zealand, Asia, and Japan where she manages to capture diversity. Lastly, Anne Geddes settled in the United States, where she mostly focuses on the city, with its different landscapes and iconic settings.