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This Oscar-Nominated Cinematographer Got Real On Instagram About Working While Pregnant

"Pregnancy and motherhood in general is not a disadvantage and the craft doesnโ€™t suffer as a result."

Posted on August 10, 2018, at 4:58 p.m. ET

This is cinematographer Rachel Morrison. Earlier this year, she became the first woman EVER nominated for an Oscar for Best Cinematography for her work on Mudbound.

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She's also worked on a bunch of other movies, including Dope, Fruitvale Station, and, of course, Black Panther.

Morrison and her wife, Rachel Garza, have a young son and another baby on the way.

On Friday, Morrison posted a photo of herself on Instagram, pregnant and carrying a camera on her shoulder.

Morrison said she just wrapped her upcoming film, Against All Enemies, while eight and a half months pregnant.

"Thereโ€™s a common misconception that likens pregnancy to some kind of disability โ€” the idea that women who are pregnant shouldnโ€™t be active and canโ€™t go about their normal lives," she wrote in the caption. "While no two pregnancies are the same, I just want to say that for many to most women this isnโ€™t the case at all."

Morrison said she plans to keep working "for as long as anyone will hire me knowing in a few weeks I may have to replace myself if I go into labor on set."

"The point is I am NOT a superhero," Morrison wrote.

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Morrison and her wife, Rachel Garza.

"I am just going about my life doing the thing that I love for as long as I can because the more I work before baby the longer I can take off after," she said. "Which should also be MY choice and no one elseโ€™s."

Morrison added that she would have been fine going back to work a week after having her son โ€” but she "lost many jobs because people were nervous to hire me so soon after the birth."

"Pregnancy and motherhood in general is not a disadvantage and the craft doesnโ€™t suffer as a result," Morrison said. "If anything the added experience and enhanced empathy has made me a better cinematographer and filmmaker."

People are applauding Morrison for her powerful statement and think she's pretty freaking incredible.

Rachel Morrison - first woman cinematographer to be nominated for an Oscar and the reason your faves like BLACK PANTHER, MUDBOUND, and FRUITVALE STATION looked sick af - just wrote an amazing post about working during pregnancy ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿพโœจ https://t.co/ZhIjJ3R5JQ

"She is a BEAST at the cinematography game and this post just made me admire her more," one person said.

She is a BEAST at the cinematography game and this post just made me admire her more. https://t.co/HVrM57B0zE

"What a fierce and talented role model to have to look up to," said another.

She just wrapped a feature while 8 months pregnant. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ I really look up to this incredible woman. What a fierce and talented role model to have to look up to. Keep doing the damn thing @morrisondp https://t.co/1UZqnuhT2j

"I wanna say 'superhero' but women legit do this and get no recognition," another said. "Women are powerful."

I wanna say "superhero" but women legit do this and get no recognition. Women are powerful. https://t.co/K1yzJ6dMlw

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