14th October 2012 II
4th August 2012
12th October 2012
14th October 2012 II
21st November 2012
6th September 2012
1st August 2012 II
20th December 2012 II
31st August 2012
15th November 2012
'I’ve come to realise lately that all we have in life is our mind and bodies... I feel a lot of the time that my mind and body aren’t connected and that my body is just a shell for my mind. I have more control over changing as a person with my mind than changing my body.' -16th December 2008.
This series explores learning to accept yourself through the act of taking photographs. In 2012 I noticed the wear and tear of my body. I was 23 and deeply uncomfortable with myself and the skin I inhabited, and I kept finding articles about how women in their 60s, 70s and 80s had finally learned to love themselves. I decided I didn’t want to wait that long and that something needed to change.
This series explores learning to accept yourself through the act of taking photographs. In 2012 I noticed the wear and tear of my body. I was 23 and deeply uncomfortable with myself and the skin I inhabited, and I kept finding articles about how women in their 60s, 70s and 80s had finally learned to love themselves. I decided I didn’t want to wait that long and that something needed to change.
So, I made Your Mind & Body Is All That You’ve Got which was about learning to accept myself through the act of taking photographs. I felt okay making the work since I could decide what went out into the world, but sharing them felt very exposing but also necessary since a lot of the negativity towards myself had come from external influences. I realised that some healing was beginning but I still had a long way to go.
(This is a selection of images from the series)
