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MARY_J 

ARTISTS STATEMENT
For the first time in my life, I find myself able to look at my naked body and like what I see, which after years of insecurities, is a very big deal for me! I had no real way of expressing this new found confidence and ISM is the perfect outlet for this, whilst doing something creative at the same time! I'd always somewhat envied people with the confidence to openly share their naked body with the world via photography or projects like this and I am proud to say I am now one of those people! I think through doing this, I've already come to love and appreciate my body even more and have learnt to enjoy being naked for no reason other than for myself rather than strictly someone else's enjoyment. I've never attempted anything like this before, and as a photographer it was challenging to turn the camera on myself, but it has been a liberating experience with a beautiful outcome.

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ARTIST PROFILE
birthplace: Melbourne, Australia
currently living in: Northern suburbs of Melbourne, Australia
occupation: Hospitality
age: 21
relationship status: Single
starsign: Leo
biggest passion in my life: Photography and music because I love expressing myself and hearing how others chose to express themselves
I like to listen to: 60's Motown, the laughter of the people I love
I like to watch: People interacting, things that make me think
I like to smell: Fresh coffee in the morning because it smells cosy
I like to feel: The sun prickling my skin, inspired, motivated and free
favourite part of my body: My lips because ever since I was little my mother has always told me how beautiful they are and I like how they've changed as I've grown
favourite part of someone else's body: The nape of the neck
Why i shot myself: To explore my body in a way I never have, to see and love myself in a new light.
who I'd least like to see shoot themselves: Gina Rinehart, for obvious reasons
who I'd most like to see shoot themselves: My best friend because I think it would teach her to love her own body as I know others do and liberate her from insecurities
Most outrageous thing I have done: A wet t-shirt competition in Venice. Long story!
Bands I like: Neil Young and Crazy Horse, The Doors, everything my parents listened to, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Blondie, Parquet Courts, Tame Impala. The list could go on!
Books I like: One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks, The Consolations of Philosophy, C.S Lewis, The Picture of Dorian Gray
Films I like: Anything Wes Anderson does is magical, documentaries, everything Tarantino has ever turned his hand to


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