I wasn't always confident in my body image. My body works differently than an able body. I have a mild form of cerebral palsy and use a walker.

I am grateful for my body. I can do a lot. I go to college, ride my horse, work at my church, sing in a women's choir, write a blog and read copiously. I am a daughter, a sister, an aunt, a friend. My walker does not define me. I am a person with a challenge, like everyone else. My challenge is just more immediately visible. My hope is that as humanity, we can learn to see each other's bodies as if they were a gift, to be appreciated in all its forms. -Emily

-Bri Luginbill is a Michigan-based photographer for A Beautiful Body Project. To book a shoot with her or learn more about her work, email: [email protected]

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A Beautiful Body Project is based in Tucson, Arizona, and is a media platform, book series, and collective of female photographers dedicated to truthful therapeutic imagery and stories of women to build healthy body image and self-esteem in current and future generations of women and girls.