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Body Image.

Body Image is a project where I go home to people, either friends or strangers, and they undress as much as they’re comfortable with and expose what they want of both themselves and their home. And once the photograph is taken my models write a text about their own body image.

This project for me is honest and real, it is without any photoshopping, it’s just me portraying real people just the way they are. I hope people will take the time to read the text the model has provided and that this project will affect someone out there.

“Talking about my own body is hard. My mental self is so depended on the condition of my body, and that makes it so personal to talk about. I never know what to feel about my body, because my relationship to it changes from day to day. How I feel is depending on my mood, what I am doing, how loge sins my last workout, who I am with and the surroundings.For me to be naked in front of others or even show some bare skin I need to trust that person. I know all the right things. I know that I have to be proud of my self, that I have to take care of myself, that what you do is more important then what you look like. I’ve been thought to be strong, hardworking and independent. Despite knowing all the right things society has a way of getting to you, and no knowledge can protect you form that.My teen years feel like a long time ago and a lot have changed sins then, but some things cling to you like a monkey on your shoulder. Some things change you for life. My years in junior high was some of my best and worst days in my life. I was doing good in school, but I did not feel that that was enough to be approved. I wanted to change me. Change my life. I’ve started to work out. I dropped all candy, snacks, cakes and tried to avoid other food with sugar and fat. After a year I felt better then I ever had. I was skinny, sporty and my self-esteem had become a lot better. I still did well in school and had made a lot of new friends. It felt like I finally was on the same level as the others. Back then I did not realise that something was wrong, but looking back make me scared. Had it not been for al the great fiends I made, It would ended a lot worse. I was on the edge of getting an eating disorder. Healthy food and exercise become more important then being with friends and having fun. I started to feel bad about eating candy, and sometimes also food. It almost controlled my life. It still do in some ways. My hardworking attitude and the desire to be best affect every part of my life, also when it comes to my body. In society skinny people are successful. That was what society made a 14 year old girl think. That is something that changes you for life.”