body thoughts

"I think I look beautiful in a lot of them, yeah. Because it's honest, it's just, that's just how I look in that position."

-- BodyThoughts

This exhibit is so powerful. Although I haven't yet been able to see it in person, I've been following what these fabulous women have been doing for quite some time. 

As a photographer, an art-lover, a creative, and more importantly, a woman, a daughter, a mother, and a human being, this speaks to me on so many levels. From my own experiences and struggles with body image growing up, to watching and learning from my own mother, whether through direct conversation or quiet observation, to the changes my body has experienced through pregnancy and child birth, to my hopes for my own daughter's perception of self; this conversation matters more than I can put into words.

And, I am not alone: I don't believe that there is a single woman out there who hasn't at one point had some interaction with her own inner monologue about body image and self worth. This conversation needs to continue.

Check out more BodyThoughts here. You won't regret it.

'there's always one more picture'

Incredibly awe inspiring. Five minutes I'll watch over and over...

 "It is an addiction to be in the presence of powerful human emotions, to see the incredible beauty and desperate circumstances
that people are able to survive in, to see the heroic nature of humanity."

Who are National Geographic photographers? To honor 125 years of photography, we turn the (video) camera on our colleagues and get to know the people behind some of the most celebrated photographs in the world. Visit http://proof.nationalgeographic.com for more interviews from this series, in which National Geographic photographers explore the power of photography and explain why this life of image-making suits them so well.

"I photograph to understand."