Haley Morris Cafiero series Wait Watchers was created on accident, while she was photographing herself
in public places to get her out of her comfort zone, she soon realized her in
stills that people reacted to her presence, some would sneer and stare. She
then started to capture stranger’s reactions to her body and she did it
purposefully. Cafiero takes her photos in high volume locations and the rate with
which Cafiero succeeds at documenting onlooker's obvious disdain of her body
seems disheartening but in truth she finds it inspiring to turn the camera back
onto the spectators. Her process is setting up a camera and record people as
they pass by her while either she is sitting in Time Square or she is putting
sun block at a beach, she is engaging the discussion of body acceptance and ideal
beauty standards that are unrealistic and unwanted by many people.
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