Together, a group of red-headed women just broke almost every rule about redheads, color, clothing, and photography in Breda, Holland!

How can you love someone else if you don’t love the one you see in the mirror everyday? L. had an eating-disorder when she was younger, she cured from it, but the unrealistic view of her body stayed with her.

Sometimes I try very hard to be strong. I am strong. We are all strong. But, does strength mean we cannot cry? I do not think so. I believe crying can be a great release and a strength in itself.

I had a dream about painting. I was told that my painting would be critiqued negatively. I nervously brought one of my paintings forth to a master. He spoke, “It is like you are Picasso trying to paint Picasso outside of himself.” His words hit me deeply, as if every single cell of my soul knew exactly what he... Read More

Words of Aida H. in Canada: The idea of doing this shoot was exciting. I was hoping to feel liberated from societies standards of what is beautiful and have the confidence to expose myself. But immediately when Mai had the camera at the ready and I was in my underwear I had the urge to cover up. To hide from... Read More

To all women in Belgium and nearby, here is a taste of the emotional work Regional Photographer Saartje Lommelen does through her photography work. This is a poem about her grandmother.

In 2006 I wanted to create a series about teenmoms, as these young mothers are the real last taboo in the Western world. I was photographing a lot of maternity shoots in my studio, but never a young mother came to me. Why not? Aren’t they proud of their baby(bump) too?

(Cover Idea #5)

I received an email today from a beautiful woman voicing concern about the image she thought I might be using as my 'cover' image for my book The Bodies Of Mothers. The image she thought I was going to use is Cover Idea #3 in this list of images with the tattoos and gorgeous stripes from... Read More

(All photographs and story by N'tima Preusser)

Before I became pregnant, someone told me, "don't have a baby, babies ruin your body."

It has been over a year since Anabel began her life. This time last year she was a microscopic speck in my stomach, and we were announcing our pregnancy. Between then and now, I... Read More

(Cover of A Beautiful Body Project's The Bodies Of Mothers Due out Mid April 2014)

Happy Happy last day of 2013, Beautiful People. I am SO eternally grateful for this EPIC year of 2013. Since July, this project has grown far and wide and surpassed all of my wildest dreams because of YOU.... Read More

In my line of work I meet a lot of women and spend quite a good deal of time with them, often hoping for meaningful conversation or a little glimpse into who they truly are. I love to observe the little parts of them that make them their own person, unique pieces of their character that may only... Read More

Of course I was nervous. I stopped at a coffee shop right around the corner from the studio. The intensity I felt couldn't have had me talking any faster to the barista. I finally arrived. I walked into the room and felt like I had known her my whole life. The anxiety began to leave my body... Read More

There must have been an age at which I went from a child’s effortless acceptance of her body into an adolescent girl’s insecurity and awkwardness. There must have been an age at which I went from loving and accepting my female friends without a thought to comparing myself unfavorably to them, and in so doing, judging... Read More

(All photos and text by Liora K)

I am an unabashed sex-positive feminist. I fight hard for a woman’s right to choose, for easy access to birth control, and for comprehensive sex education. I work hard to educate about the very real ramifications of slut shaming, loving your body, and the benefits of boudoir photography... Read More

Please welcome Natasha Komoda, founder of Femmeography, who is now a Seattle-based Regional Photographer for A Beautiful Body Project for any women in the Seattle area who would like truthful photoshoots without digital augmentation. Read on to learn what inspires Natasha & why we selected her!

Never lose an opportunity of seeing anything beautiful, for beauty is God's handwriting. -Ralph Waldo Emerson

Two Fridays ago, on December 6th of the lovely year of 2013, I had an experience that profoundly changed how I think about myself for the better. It all happened at my crazy and heartfelt TEDx Talk about A Beautiful Body Project in front of over 500 people here in Tucson! (All photos in this post are by the talented Ali Megan... Read More

For women and girls around the world, and men too, I absolutely spoke my truth at the Tucson TEDx Talk about A Beautiful Body Project, body image, mass media, and the inspiring movement for body positivity that is spreading around the globe. If you had been sitting in the audience, I think you would have been proud,... Read More

After surviving breast cancer, I decided to celebrate my body by modeling for a life drawing class. The following poem is one I wrote about that experience.

It wasn't my original intention to photograph hundreds of breastfeeding women. But when you have brave and bare women with babies or toddlers who breastfeed, the children naturally, innocently and beautifully begin to, gasp! Breastfeed! So as our dear friend serendipity would have it, I found myself photographing those special connections more and more frequently, even though my initial passion... Read More

I hadn’t planned on becoming a model. At fifteen I was painfully shy with a mouthful of braces and disheveled hair. I’d just had a growth spurt and was adjusting to the sudden length of my body.

My bulimia was a more than just a habit. It was the anesthetic for the bricks and stones life hurled at me. It was a safeguard for when I felt out of control, unliked by peers, unworthy of love and redemption.