Brazilian Photographer Ana Paula Grillo saw a perfect opportunity in Lilica, the pregnant pincher mix, and snapped it up.
Via email, Grillo said she had seen another photographer do something similar before, which prompted her to wonder why she had never thought of it before.
The dog’s owners, Ana Karolina Minussi and her family—neighbors and friends of Grillo’s—told the photographer a few weeks earlier that Lilica was pregnant, but it was only after Grillo saw Lilica’s belly swell the other artist’s work came to mind. Grillo desired to recreate it.
Grillo has had a 2.2 million percent increase in likes on her Facebook page since she posted the photos on March 14.
The smiley and glowing mother-to-be radiated maternal grace.
