This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes

Olson, Rosanne

ISBN 10: 1579653634 / ISBN 13: 9781579653637

Published by Artisan Publishers, 2008

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Synopsis:

They are bodies that have been shaped, misshaped, reshaped by the full sweep of the feminine experience: pregnancy, childbirth, weight gain and loss, illness and health, and age. They belong to 54 women ages 19 to 95, of all sizes and shapes, ethnicities and life experiences, who were willing to expose their naked physical forms in "This is Who I Am". They are ordinary women only in the sense that none is a professional model. They are in all other ways extraordinary - courageous, curious, thoughtful, speaking unflinchingly about their bodies, then allowing themselves to be photographed to prove their own worth, to inspire other women, to make peace with their physical selves, "to glorify the real beauty of all women."Certainly, the feminine nude form is not new to artists and photographers. But the portraits in "This is Who I Am" taken by award-winning photographer Rosanne Olson, with a steady, unjudgmental eye, speak loudly to the common obsession of feminine perfection slim hips and full breasts, high cheekbones and tiny waists, taut skin and eternal youth - and even more loudly to the way real women, with real bodies and real lives, look." This is Who I Am" will teach women to see themselves with kindness, compassion, maybe love, and certainly acceptance. It encourages all women to find grace and beauty in their own lives.

From the Back Cover: The bodies in this book have been shaped by the full sweep of the feminine experience. They belong to doctors, lawyers, artists, mothers, professors, performance artists—women from all over the country, ages nineteen to ninety-five, of all ethnicities and life experiences. These are ordinary women only in the sense that none is a professional model. They are in all other ways extraordinary—courageous, curious, thoughtful, speaking unflinchingly about their bodies, then allowing themselves to be photographed to inspire other women to make peace with their physical selves.

Certainly, the feminine nude form is not new to artists and photographers. But the portraits in This Is Who I Am, taken by award-winning photographer Rosanne Olson with a steady, non-judgemental eye speak loudly to the American obsession of feminine perfection—slim hips and full breasts, high cheekbones and tiny waists, taut skin and eternal youth—and even more loudly to the way real women, with real bodies and real lives, look. Each of the striking and classically photographed potraits in this book stands on its own. Looked at together they form a tribute to contemporary womanhood that is by turns tender, personal, and moving. This Is Who I Am goes to the heart of these women's lives. It will touch any mother, wife, or daughter, and any husband, son, or father, too.

Bibliographic Details

Title: This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes ...
Publisher: Artisan Publishers
Publication Date: 2008
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket