The Honest Body Project is a collection of photographic portraits and stories from women aimed to empower and encourage
self-love
Self-love, defined as "love of self" or "regard for one's own happiness or advantage", has been conceptualized both as a basic human necessity and as a moral flaw, akin to vanity and selfishness, synonymous with amour-propre, conceitedness, ...
. The project was created by photographer Natalie McCain from
Rockledge, FL. The collection contains hundreds of portraits and stories on various topics of womanhood, photographed in
black and white
Black-and-white (B&W or B/W) images combine black and white to produce a range of achromatic brightnesses of grey. It is also known as greyscale in technical settings.
Media
The history of various visual media began with black and white, ...
and without
manipulation to alter the appearance of the women. The women are often accompanied by their children. There have been many series taken from the project.
Series
* "The Beauty in a Mother" featured pregnant mothers sharing their stories, including a plus-size mother shamed for her maternity photos.
* "After The Baby is Born" was the follow-up series to The Beauty in a Mother and featured the women 4–6 weeks
postpartum
The postpartum (or postnatal) period begins after childbirth and is typically considered to last for six to eight weeks. There are three distinct phases of the postnatal period; the acute phase, lasting for six to twelve hours after birth; the ...
.
* "We Are Not 'Still' Nursing, We Are Just Nursing" featured women who
breastfeed their children from ages 2–5, sharing stories on
extended breastfeeding.
* "Defined By Our Hearts" featured mothers sharing stories about their children with various
special needs.
* "True Faces of Depression" shared stories of women who have various mental illnesses, such as depression,
anxiety disorder
Anxiety disorders are a group of mental disorders characterized by significant and uncontrollable feelings of anxiety and fear such that a person's social, occupational, and personal functions are significantly impaired. Anxiety may cause phys ...
,
PTSD
Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a mental disorder that develops from experiencing a traumatic event, such as sexual assault, domestic violence, child abuse, warfare and its associated traumas, natural disaster, traffic collision, ...
, and
postpartum depression
Postpartum depression (PPD), also called perinatal depression, is a mood disorder which may be experienced by pregnant or postpartum women. Symptoms include extreme sadness, low energy, anxiety, crying episodes, irritability, and extreme cha ...
.
* "Balancing Both Worlds" shared the stories of
working mothers and how they balance motherhood with their career.
* "No Mother Should Be Ashamed" featured mothers who bottle-feed their children for various reasons and shared their stories.
References
External links
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Human appearance
Photographic collections
Portraits of women
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