This is the first of a series of glamour-type photos taken to show off my curves and my pride/delight in them.

This is pretty heavily photoshopped, but only as far as lighting, levels and coloring -- no changes to my body or skin. I won't be doing that, because I don't believe that my body contains 'flaws' that need to be edited out; even more passionately, I believe that altering the form of a person in a photo is a horrible kind of dishonesty. I think it's a large part of the reason that people think of themselves as malformed or unattractive, because the media perpetuates the lie that there is an ideal form and that it is possible to adhere to that ideal. Want an example? Here ya go: [link] (because apparently even she isn't 'good enough') and another: [link] and here is a step-by-step example -- [link] These people spend most of their time working on their appearance, and even they can't measure up to the ridiculous 'ideal' that the media worships.

The Bodylove Glamour series:
Body Confidence
Cynosure
Statuesque
Emerging

Model & Photo Editor: Belenen
Photographer: Bruce Garlick