Intimate before-and-after photos of premature babies

A good friend recently told me one thing that really helped when her twins were born ten weeks early. She said hearing about premature babies who have grown into healthy and happy children made her believe that her own babies – now thriving ten-month-olds – could and would overcome their challenges to be OK. Quebec-based photographer, Red Methot has captured the contrast between past and present perfectly in a photo series called Les Premas, which shows portraits of children and adults posing with black-and-white pictures of themselves as premature babies. The powerful series is both intimate and uplifting. Margot, born at 29 weeks. Noah and Nathan, born at 32 weeks Theo, born at 25 weeks Felix, born at 23 weeks, and brother Alexis, born at almost 33 weeks Lexiani, born at 25 weeks

Eva, born at 29 weeks

Emile, born at 26 weeks Charles, born at 26 weeks Zachary, born at 27 weeks Thomas, born at 23 weeks Julie, born two months early, and her son Kevin, born at 34 weeks Alice, born at 27 weeks Tamica (26 weeks pregnant in the photo), born at 32 weeks Noah, born at 32 weeks. His twin sister, Victoria (left), died at one month Felix, born at 24 weeks Images via BoredPanda