Anne Geddes is perched on a ledge near the ceiling with her photographer’s assistant, trying to make a tiny tot smile. Baby Philippa is surrounded by roses – carefully stripped of their thorns – from her mother’s beautiful garden.
Shutterbug, lights and camera are ready. All the shot needs is a gummy grin, but its eight-month-old subject is resolutely refusing to cooperate. Infants can be like that, even for the world’s foremost newborn and child