Intro: I’m Trish and I’m normally at Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman. Thanks Lauren for giving us all the chance to guest-blog! I thought I’d take this opportunity to share a link.
Leonard Nimoy has taken a series of beautiful photographs of large nude women. Note that this link will lead you to photographs of naked women. They’re artistic, but use your best judgement as to whether or not that’s work-safe.
Nimoy’s second book of photography will focus on the women of the Fat Bottom Revue. He says: “They are interested in fat liberation. Their self-esteem is strong. They will tell you that too many people suffer because the body they live in is not the body you find in the fashion magazines.”
via Big Fat Blog
Oh, how beautiful! I was very pleasantly surprised when I saw these photos; his lens captured the ladies’ blend of assertiveness and vulnerability so wonderfully. I was reminded of the Venus of Willendorf, of goddess sculptures all round and full and sensuous and beautiful. These women’s bodies, their confidence, their love for themselves and pride in who they are, these women whose bodies are so similar to my own, and to so many women I know — this is what I think of when I think of Beauty.
It really does take a Vulcan to take such beautiful photos.