I was overly excited to find out
that one of my favorite TV characters is also a photographer. Even more
interesting to know was that he had been taking photograph long before the TV
show Star Trek ever aired. Leonard Nimoy, also known as Spock, has been my best
researched photographer I have ever come across. His most famous body of work
is “The Full Body Project” in which Mr. Nimoy takes full figured women as
subjects and photographs them like their thinner model counterparts seen in
magazines. This was one of the most refreshing projects I have found that not
only embrace the full figured woman but most definitely celebrate that they can
be beautiful too.
I found that Mr. Nimoy has also
inspired a new light in my own work in which I try to heal people by
photographing what people think is the most beautiful and not beautiful
thing(s) about their physical being. Like Leonard Nimoy said “who determines
who is beautiful?” He was most interested in the idea of “Fat Liberation”, and
though most would say being fat is not beautiful, the idea that anyone could be
beautiful was comforting.
“With these new images, I am now hearing different words. Sometimes
"beautiful," but with a different sub-text. I hear comments, which
lead to questions. The questions lead to discussions—about beauty, social
acceptability, plastic surgery, our culture and health. In these pictures these
women are proudly wearing their own skin. They respect themselves and I hope
that my images convey that to others.” – Leonard Nimoy
http://www.rmichelson.com/artist_pages/nimoy/pages/MaxBeaut.htm
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