Jerusha Sutton is a doula, and birth photographer & videographer based in the Northern Rivers, NSW. She trained as a doula in 2006 and has since worked extensively supporting and capturing births in both London and Sydney.
Jerusha’s work has won various awards and been shown in multiple exhibitions over the last 12 years.
Jerusha is one of the co-creators of Birth Time: the documentary, a feature length documentary released in 2021 about the maternity system in Australia. Birth Time won 24 international film awards and was screened at many film festivals internationally. Jerusha’s credits for the film include director of photography, editor and producer.
Capturing and supporting births is her deep passion and hence the seed of creating a documentary for, and about birthing women was planted long ago.
Jerusha is a proud volunteer member of Heartfelt, an organisation that gives the gift of photographic memories to families experiencing stillbirth, with premature babies or critically ill children.
Maybe most importantly, she is mother to two young children, born at home.
Co-creator- Birth Time: the documentary
– Vancouver International Women in Film Festival Best Documentary 2021
– Golden Gate International Film Festival- Best Documentary 2020
-Changing Face International Film Festival- Best Documentary Feature 2020
-New York International Film Awards- Finalist 2020
-Motion Pictures International Film Festival- Finalist 2020
-Santa Monica International Film Festival- Social Impact Award 2020
-Toronto International Film Festival- Semi Finalist 2020
-Peachtree International Film Festival- Official Selection 2020
-Paris Lift-Off Film Festival- Official Selection 2020
-Spotlight Documentary Film Awards- Gold Award 2020
-New Film makers New York- Semi Finalist Best Documentary Feature 2020
-Cyprus International Film Festival- Best Women’s Issue Film 2020
-Big Apple Film Festival & Screenplay Competition- Official Selection 2020
2020 Head-On Photo Awards semi finalist
2019 IAPBP Post Party Category Winner
2019 Head-On Photo Awards semi finalist
2019 Finalist Australian College of Midwives Birth Competition
2019 Motherlove Exhibition
Ongoing- Photographs exhibited throughout Royal Hospital for Women Randwick