Mothers from around the world hit back at breastfeeding critics by sharing images of themselves feeding their children in public places

A fear of breastfeeding in public is a feeling that many mothers share - but thanks to one creative photographer, women all over the world are facing that fear - and in the boldest of settings. Leilani Rogers, a Texas-based photographer and mother of four, started the Public Breastfeeding Awareness Project (PBAP) in August 2014 in an attempt to normalize the image of breastfeeding, and has since recruited 70 photographers from America, Australia, Italy, UK, Venezuela and Canada to join up and snap pictures of mothers feeding their children everywhere from churches to supermarkets. 'Pictures speak and pictures heal,' Leilani, 40, told Daily Mail Online. 'The conversations they generate can be extremely productive, even if argumentative. Especially among less widely understood topics like public breastfeeding.