Thesis: Body Image
35mm project for SMFA @ Tufts University, December 2007


Rebecca's statement

"Smaller is better. Smaller is worse. They want perky and big. Perk and big doesn't exist. I am perk and big---big in stature, not big in cleavage. Round, stragiht, fleshy, fun. It will never be perect, but acceptance comes daily. Fuck your airbrushes. We're all what we are. Take it or be miserable."


Rebecca: 1

8"x10" print


Rebecca: 2

8"x10" print


Rose's statement

"To immortalize my curves, to glorify my angles: The flash goes off and my eyes might believe the light. Thank you, lens. Thank you, Meredith."


Rose: 1

8"x10" print


Rose: 2

8"x10" print


Excerpt from Tess' statement

"...It made me realize that the way I feel about my external is largely transient and subjective. I hated my nose in elementary school because it was completely different than my best friend's."


Tess: 1

8"x10" print


Tess: 2

8"x10" print


Faith's statement

"I looove nudity."


Faith: 1

8"x10" print


Kristyn's statement

"I love my sensuality and my eyes. My goal is ot someday realize I am as beautiful outside as I am in. I do love my chest, though. And my legs aren't too bad either."


Kristyn: 1

8"x10" print


Kristyn: 2

8"x10" print


Excerpt from photographer's statement

"...The biggest questions are why I can control and excel at every part of my life except this. Why can I find the curves of another woman captivating and beautiful, yet not feel beautiful myself? It's an ongoing resistance."


Meredith: 1

8"x10" print


Meredith: 2

8"x10" print


Meredith: 3

8"x10" print