Photos of women in mass media seem to make little room for women who aren’t in line with the mainstream’s image of beauty. Jade Beall, a photographer, provides a healthy counterweight. Her photography highlights the beauty of mothers’ bodies.
Beall photographs women in all their beauty, thick and thin, smooth, wrinkled, tall and small. Beall’s photos are incredibly inspiring for women with stretchmarks from their pregnancies. She writes on her website that her goal is to “build self-esteem in an environment that thrives on women feeling insecure” and “to inspire future generations to be free of unnecessary self-suffering to embrace their beauty, just the way they are.”
Some have criticized her photos, which Facebook temporarily removed because she featured nudity. But that hasn’t stopped her!
More info: jadebeall.com | Facebook | abeautifulbodyproject.com (h/t: huffpost)
