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Fantasy No. 1,2004. Jen Davis
Jen Davis looks to self-portraiture as a way to deal with her insecurities about her body image. See the stunning work accompanied with an essay by Hannah Frieser here on Flak Photo.
“The fact that these images are self-portraits alters the way they should be understood. Davis is not being watched and judged by these images, and instead is shaping each scenario both as the author and the subject. While she has little control on how society sees her in daily life, she has unlimited control of how she decides to photograph and present herself. It is her active choice to use a frank and self-inquisitive style in photography to examine concepts of beauty, desire, and body image. “Photography is the medium that I use to tell my story through life,” Davis writes in her artist statement. It is “an outlet for revealing my thoughts and opinions about the society in which we live. A society that dictates beauty based on one’s physical appearance.”
A few months ago I was feeling incredibly insecure about my body and I felt so lost. Then I started thinking about how some people ask me about how I felt when I had to draw an old or overweight person in nude and how I always responded that it didn’t matter to me and that I found beauty in every curve and wrinkle I saw and was able to transfer in my drawings. So I thought if I felt that way about everyone else maybe I should do the same with myself. So I stood in front of my mirror completely nude and drew myself and by the time I finished I was able to appreciate and accept myself more even with the extra fat and scars.
Steph, you’re my hero! <3 (*o*)
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There is something about Willow that I really like
Oh my god, is this Willow Smith? I. Love. Her. Hair. Augh.
i don’t get that: coloring the leftovers of your now missing hair. it seems pointless/dumb, cause, ya know, THERE’S NO HAIR TO COLOR, just smudges of where it stained your skin and hasn’t came off yet. =|
You have to give it to her though. That’s a fierce 12 year old.
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