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"I chose to shoot myself on the property I live in. I recently moved here from the city to be closer to nature. I wanted to portray the beauty of the human form as no different to nature's form. I took the photos on different days and noticed how different I felt on each day. There were definitely moments of doubt and judgement...followed by a voice of reassurance that I am beautiful and enough. I wish for everyone to feel beautiful and loved in their bodies, without shame or judgment. Which is how I felt at the end of my shoot."

"Al prinicipio cuando empece a hacerme fotosme senti reprimida y un poco incomoda pero a medida que empece a sacar fotos me senti mas comoda con mi desnudez y mi cuerpo. Deje de intentar ser sexy y explore mi cuerpo. Normalmente estoy acostumbrada a scar solamente fotos favorecedoras desde angulos buenos y con este shoot intente verme des de una perspectiva diferente que explorara todos mis lados. / In the beginning when I started taking pictures of myself I was feeling a bit uncomfortable and shy but as I kept shooting I felt more and more comfortable with my nudity and body. I stopped trying to be sexy and started exploring my body. Usually I only take flattering pictures from good angles when I know I look good, but this time I tried to look at myself from a different perspective that explored my body from all its dimensions."

"I recently started a new day job that goes from 8am till 6pm in an industrial area. I'm loving the high viz but not the early mornings! The 2 days I had planned to shoot in my lounge room next to the mirror there were painters freshening the outside of my balcony with a new coat... there was no way I could set myself up a metre away and not be noticed hahaha. It would have made their day... but certainly not mine haha. I pushed up the plastic part on my bedroom skylight and managed to get a few shots in between clouds going past over the top of me."

"I found that doing this for the third time was super easy for me, I felt extra confident and comfortable in my own body. Once again, just like the other shoots it gave me a huge confidence boost and increased my self esteem for sure! I felt sexy! I was in such a relaxed mindset throughout this shoot, all of my poses are really relaxed and natural because I really just felt completely natural. I felt that this time I knew what angles I wanted to use, and even though I was in a different environment I felt like I just knew what I was doing. ISM helped me to love myself once again! It's truly a beautiful experience."

"The shoot was a little awkward at first, having three housemates and a dog asking what you've been doing behind closed doors! But once I had the house to myself, I could relax and let the creative juices flow, it was so much fun. I was a little nervous shooting outside, wondering if any of my neighbours could see me! I really wanted to get some nudes while skateboarding, but maybe next time!"

"Mein erster Gedanke: garnicht mal so einfach, wie gedacht! Nach einer halben Stunde war ich dann aber in guter Stimmung, habe getanzt, geknippst und hatte viel Spass! Meine besten Momente des Shootings: Ich habe einige Fotos gemacht waehrend ich vor einem Fenster stand, da sehe ich wie eine aeltere Dame auf der Strasse total entsetzt zu mir heraufschaut. Ich winke ihr zu und laechle. Sie aendert ihren Gesichtsausdruck und laechelt zurueck. / My first thought: not as easy as I thought! But after half an hour I was in a good mood, danced, snapped and had a lot of fun! My best moments of the shoot: I took some photos while I was standing in front of a window, when I see an older lady on the street looking up at me in horror. I wave to her and smile. She changes her expression and smiles back."

"I was quite bold and did some shots right up against the window in the bedroom, which amused me to think if anyone looked out now from the apartment across the way, they would get an eyeful. Because I was in my apartment and walk around naked anyway, I was really comfortable in the space and it was funny having my cat watch on too. I loved looking back over the photos and really feeling a lot of self love for my body."

"Working with the film camera alongside taking photos made a funny dual focus of watching myself in the film camera and still trying to work the other camera, but also a sense of importance of my movements with two cameras watching. As well a sweet reminder of what a camera captures in a frozen moment is not always the truth of our always moving bodies and to love all the awkward and strange ways we exist. I enjoyed the little triangle of viewpoints of the film camera, stills camera and my eyes, a little tangle of self honouring and truthful acceptance."

"Para el pezar use este lindo vestido que yo misma hice, el cual me hace sentir muy bien. Así soy yo una parte niña inocente otra parte mujer salvaje. En el comienzo me sentí muy tímida pero luego de un rato empecé a disfrutar y sentir como iba rompiendo estos viejos patrones acerca de la desnudez. Me amo me apruebeo y me acepto total y completamente. / To start I used this beautiful dress which I made myself, which made me feel good. Part innocent child, part wild woman. I felt shy at the beginning but after a while I started to enjoy and feel how I was breaking up all these old patterns and beliefs about nudity. I love and accept myself totally and completely!"

"J'étais déjà habituée à prendre des nudes mais assez classique. Je ne suis pas habituée à prendre des photo de ma vulve parceque je ne la trouve pas belle. J'adore le résultat et je m'aperçoit que toutes les partie de mon corps son belle (même mes petits boutons sur les fesses). Je recommanderais ce projet à toutes celles qui veulent prendre confiance en leurs physique, vous êtes belles! / I was already used to taking nudes but quite classic ones. I'm not used to taking pictures of my vulva because I don't find it beautiful. I love the result and I realize that all parts of my body are beautiful (even my little blemishes on the buttocks). I would recommend this project to all those who want to gain confidence in their physique, you are beautiful."

"Taking part in 'I shot myself' again after 2-ish years flowed freer than the first time. My relationship with my body although not shifting a huge amount, but now with more experience of all the facets of growth we have been through. I found I didn't try and shift my body into 'flattery' or try to accentuate the 'desirable' and found a very comfortable ease of accepting all of the views I have of my frame and flesh. I enjoyed the removal of the male gaze from my own opinion and view of my body as I was sitting on my dirty hallway floor thinking, "I ain't doing this for some man to see me". I think that's the difference from my first shoot, I no longer need/seek any validation from an outside source, let alone a man."

"I discovered that I love having a pop art/comic feel to my photography that scared my brother when he found me around the side of the house, totally stark naked apart from the flowers on my feet. That was a fun conversation. I loved doing the shoot once I got into it. I would do it all again if I could... obviously sans the whole scarring my brother for life part. Getting more in touch with my body as a whole, both sexually and just normally has been rewarding in more ways than I can count, though I think I'll stick to warmer weather next time."

"I spent a languid rainy afternoon reading and daydreaming in my bedroom. After a while of perusing literature I was inspired to explore other sensual pursuits... as the rain drummed against the windowpane outside, I lay amongst the tousled sheets, slowly undressing a silk slip and stockings, caressing my body and climaxing in a orgasm of fictional proportions."

"I was very excited to start this shoot, as I just moved into a new apartment with lots of gorgeous natural light to work with. I knew I loved this space, but it wasn't until I started shooting that I realized how comfortable and beautiful I actually feel in it. My bedroom window leads out onto the roof that has an almost 360 degree view of the city. I decided to go out there at the end and risk all my neighbors seeing me nude (there are some families around)."

"I participated in ISM after a big night out. My crush was DJ'ing at the gig I was at, and I went back to his house that night. We didn't have sex but we cuddled and held hands which was super nice (and somewhat reduced the hangover pain). It was finally nice to hold hands/be intimate with someone who I've literally liked for years. Hungover but happy I caught a didi back to my family house and did my shoot. What a Saturday."