Her: A Photo Series
Archival Inkjet Prints | 2014
Women are not an exception. Dealing with the pressures of the everyday, Her focuses on the confidence women find within their own bodies. While they express confidence in their writings, their images often reveal different feelings through facial expressions or body language. The knowledge that their bodies will be judged is an active thought in their minds even when talking about their own confidence they have found in themselves.
I began working with women who identified themselves as a confident woman, and offer to pose for me in order to show that confidence. The reactions in body language and facial expressions I received from each model were not as I expected. I started to realize it doesn’t matter how confident you can be, the act of judgment affects everyone. The women are asked to pose semi-nude to reduce the ability to hide their imperfections and provoke this feeling of judgment on themselves. If she wants to hide her body, she must do it through her body language.
I began working with women who identified themselves as a confident woman, and offer to pose for me in order to show that confidence. The reactions in body language and facial expressions I received from each model were not as I expected. I started to realize it doesn’t matter how confident you can be, the act of judgment affects everyone. The women are asked to pose semi-nude to reduce the ability to hide their imperfections and provoke this feeling of judgment on themselves. If she wants to hide her body, she must do it through her body language.