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It's not about a number on the scale. Be confident in what you have. No one is perfect.
Photography & Retouching: Dave Lucas
Hair & Makeup: Mish Bratsos
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Question ??? but how the fuck did they censor this one for nudity when I'm not naked and I'm at the beach in a public place!!!! #Flickr is about your parameters. Art has no colour, no nation, no politics that dominate it. Today the ART MARKET rules, not ART . YOU #Flickr was the most serious place for photographic artists where they could publish (with the right restrictions) what they wanted. But you dear #Flickr follow political parameters .... more and more absurd and restrictive for the people. Even you #Flickr, who to me are like home.... have let me down.
I have moderated this photo as you asked, it is an injustice, and you #Flickr should reflect on the fact that you should not go against art but only against pornography.
but...This photo is not art! it is not pornography!, it is not even nudity!, #Flickr cure yourself, meditate, reflect, let yourself be psychoanalysed, let yourself be disipoliticised Thank you
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I am republishing these images because they had to be removed from my free Flickr accounts.
When I started self-portraiture I remember getting an email from someone telling me I'm too ugly to be in pictures. I remember being told I look too skinny, that I look too fat, that my photography would be better for choosing someone else to photograph. I remember questioning if the art world really needed another young white girl in pictures. I remember feeling guilty for not being comfortable enough around others to photograph them. I felt narcissistic for enjoying taking my own picture.
A decade of self-portraiture will show you things about yourself that can't be captured in pictures. Every week for the past 11 years I've taken pictures of myself. Every. Single. Week. I have watched my body transform. I have watched my face change. I can look at an image of mine and remember how I felt about myself that day - if I loathed the way I looked or loved it, or felt indifferent. I remember when those emails hurt. I remember when they stopped hurting. I remember when I learned to accept the proportions of my body, my nose, my face shape, my height, my weight.
Now I know what it feels like to practice body acceptance. I know what it's like to find compassion for the people who choose to look upon my craft negatively, because that is almost always a reflection of how they feel about themselves - about their body, about their art, about their life. And I know how it feels to find common ground in that search for acceptance, because we're all doing the best we can.
If anyone makes you feel less than worthy of your body, or less than deserving of acceptance, or less than beautiful in your skin...hold up a mirror to them and ask how they feel about themselves. That mirror is often the art we make in spite of the criticism. There it remains as a testament to our power.
In memory of the hundreds of Bishnoi Women, who died protecting their dear trees in 1730, a number of khejri trees are planted around the area, which is still notably lush and rich with animal life. The Bishnoi sacrifices became the inspiration for a much larger Chipko movement that is still growing today, in which villagers physically embrace trees to save them from logging. The Bishnoi faith is founded on 29 principles, most of which promote environmental stewardship. Bishnois strictly forbid the harming of trees and animals.
Save the Girl, Educate the Girl.
Photo: Firoz Ahmad Firoz, Barmer, Rajasthan.
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Warszawa, Poland
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Muse: Nika B
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Summer's End: Red Bikini: Now that it's too cold to do outside portraits for the most part, we celebrated Halloween by doing a summer's end themed photo session.