Beautiful Women is very simple: it is the sum of a woman's life experience that makes her beautiful. Today, we as a society, are constantly bombarded with images and ideas of what makes a woman beautiful.
Beautiful Women began on a beach in Italy. As I sat on watched women of all ages, shapes, and sizes truly enjoying themselves and unencumbered by their bodies, I wondered to myself, "What do they have that I do not yet possess?" I returned to the United States and began searching for truly beautiful women, women who truly shined. I interviewed thirty five women, ages three through ninety and wrote their stories. I then photographed them doing something that made them feel truly beautiful or spoke to the woman that they were in that moment of their life. It has been the single greatest learning experience of my life.
Beautiful Women are all around us - everyday. Take a moment and look around, there is a beautiful woman right next to you. If you are alone, take a moment to look inside yourself and you will find a beautiful person. Having trouble? Think of one thing that you have done in your life that makes you proud, makes you quietly smile when you think about it. Today, I think about the birth of my sons. I am so proud that my body carried and produced my two little boys. That is what I think makes me beautiful. Everyday, I reflect on something else that I am proud of and acknowledge that beauty.
If we all could do that - take a moment to acknowledge ourselves or someone that we care about we would all begin defining beauty as the sum of our life's experiences.
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
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