In her book 'Who's looking at the family', Val Williams has a chapter on motherhood and the lack of photos historically on that subject. She says that mothers and children have become symbols of a nurturing presence. In painting and photography, mother and child have become heroes in both painting and photographic medias.
In the 1950s Grace Robertson was commissioned to photograph a baby's birth but they were considered too graphic for women to see (ironically this was judged by men) and so they were never published. The 1991 image of Demi Moore on the front cover of Vanity was almost as disturbing for society, says Williams.
Williams mentions Katrina Lithgow (took photos of naked mothers with children including one pregnant model (see photo). Williams says of this photo that it 'addresses the questions of voyeurism and as quickly discards them'.
References:
http://www.artnet.com/artists/katrina-lithgow/past-auction-results
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