Puérpera — Informal Book Signing with Deborah Elenter

Monday 30 March 2026, 19.00–21.00pm The Photobook Cafe, London

Join Uruguayan visual artist, photographer and doula Deborah Elenter for a relaxed, informal evening of book signing at The Photobook Cafe, hosted by the Birth Rites Collection. Deborah will be signing copies of her photobook Puérpera, published by the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, which documents over a decade of intimate and unflinching images of childbirth. Birth Rites Collection curator Helen Knowles will also be in attendance.

Books will be available for purchase. Free — no booking required, just turn up.

About Deborah Elenter Deborah Elenter is a Montevideo-born visual artist, photographer and doula. Since 2015 she has documented over 150 births, producing intimate and unflinching images that reclaim childbirth as a vital, political and collective experience. Her project Puérpera has been exhibited at the Uruguayan Contemporary Art Museum, Kavlin Foundation, Hiperespacio in Montevideo, and in Greece, Argentina and Slovakia. It has received international recognition including awards from Uruguay's Dirección Nacional de Cultura and the Fundación Itaú Cultural. Her photobook Puérpera, published by the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, launched in 2025. Alongside her photographic practice, Elenter collaborates on Uruguay's proposed Dignified Birth legislation.