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"I am in the garden, looking and thinking about what I would do and how I want to use the space. I don't realise in this moment I am thinking too much. Smoke a cig, take a breath and do it. By the way, enjoy! I am here with my camera, taking the first picture. I love my shirt and the combination with my lipstick. I show a nipple. I am smiling. I think I like it. Step by step I am becoming naked, playing with myself, trying to take pictures of my best profile but something happening. I feel a limit, something that is blocking me. In this moment I realised I was not free with my body and my mind. I was under control. I was doing the project, worried about what people will think. It's exactly in this moment that the project took form. I was here for me and only for me. I was here to enjoy and have fun. My shape is what I am. It's to remind me how much I love food, how much I love life, how much I am feeling sexy during sex. I was here with my camera, laughing, enjoying, living. I was free."

"For this shoot I decided to wear a lace red dress and take photos of myself slowly undressing. That way I became comfortable with the camera when I was covered and getting naked didn't feel shocking or unnatural. There was a lot of natural light in the room which allowed me to explore a lot of postures and angles while still producing light and clear pictures. It was a lot of fun and I would do it again for sure."

"The thought of doing a selfie shoot terrified me as I never take selfies, I'm not sure why, maybe it's an age thing. But once I started I found myself actually enjoying it, being creative trying to get different angles. It was a little hard with people coming in and out but I worked around that and felt a little sneaky at times, which was fun. I actually surprised myself with a few of the shots, thinking - "Wow, that's not bad at all". I would've liked to be able to do more outside shots, but nosy neighbours I do have. I'm looking forward to now trying all sorts of selfies, who would of thought it!?"

"This portfolio is a bit of a political and social exploration via dating apps. As I recently arrived in a new city not knowing anyone, I used dating apps to meet people and explore the area. Being a self-identified slut I ended up sleeping in a lot of different beds. All of the photos here were taken in different Tinder dates homes the morning after. I loved waking up in the morning and taking shameless naked selfies in their beautiful homes."

"I have a lot of mirrors. So I chose to shoot a lot of my pictures with them. I also have some great chairs, I didn't use all of them in my shoot, but they were a good way to make me feel less bedroom orientated and make me feel more creative and adventurous. I'm quite comfortable with my body, but getting older is pretty confronting as your youth starts to check out. So documenting my body on my own terms at this time was fun and interesting. If this had of been around when I was in my 20's, I would love to have done it and looked back on it now. So all I can say is DO IT NOW! Your future self will thank you for preserving your beauty and creativity so you can freeze this moment in time."

"When my partner and I go camping, I'll often find a beautiful secluded spot in nature and settle into naked yoga while he makes us coffee and enjoys the view(s). Both ISM and naked physical activities I find are fantastic for reminding me to be comfortable with my body and find pleasure in its abilities."

"This shoot felt like a luxurious experience. I had been staying at a backpackers for over a week and was very sick of not having my own space, so participating in ishotmyself seemed like the perfect excuse to get a motel by myself and enter full artist mode. I have been taking photos of myself for almost a decade now, so knew that I would produce some awesome photographs. I purchased some bananas and funky skull bracelets for some physical inspiration and began the shoot the next morning. I applied some glittery makeup I like to think made me look like some kinda sex warrior and began to worship myself with the camera. There was only one window in the motel so I definitely exposed myself to some fortunate passers by but I like to think that improved their day."

"I wanted to create something completely raw and authentic as I have a real thing for self expression and visual arts. I am usually quite the perfectionist but with this shoot I decided to let all of that go and just have fun in the moment. Being in total control of the shoot allowed me to just have fun and I found myself getting really into it. Covered in flower pollen with my lipstick all smudged I felt fully embraced and loved by myself in this moment. I am beyond excited to create further art in the future."

"While shooting myself for the second time I was definitely more comfortable taking selfies, I felt less pressure to get the perfect shot and didn't care about the bad angles. I've discovered how beneficial it is to take selfies now and then, reminding me to love the skin I'm in. I will make sure I keep it up. I am grateful to ISM as it has helped me realise this."

"It took me 20 years to love myself and I will never look back! Once I realized how truly beautiful it is to love yourself, fully, I fell in love with every part of life. We are divinity in physical form, Gods and Goddesses, here to embrace our sacred temple! What a sensual and powerful experience! We are the creators of our lives, to expand our love infinitely and give space for others to do the same. To channel our raw, primitive, and deep intuition of who we truly are. Then it all comes easily. I had the most magical time in this sacred space of freeing myself from all limitation and judgement, and enjoy this beautiful body and being! xo"

"I took these photos on my recent adventure to Alice Springs. I took a few up a hill near where I was staying at a converted camel stable and a few more out the back of a roadhouse where our car broke down. The landscape is so beautiful and wild up there, it is such an inspiring and freeing and grounding place, I had so much fun. It was also lovely to get a little sunshine on my vajayjay, and I wholly recommend it."

"This folio is a fun journey of how an idea starts and slowly fades into the abyss! I started trying to develop a theme for my post-sickness body, and being cut free of the mental chains and body-confidence issues which unfortunately (and inevitably) come after being sick! I used the hosiery to represent the thoughts I wear of being sick. I've worn it for the past year of remission and as my body makes changes to become healthy again, so do I have to change my mindset and the way I look at myself. I cut the stockings away as I cut away from my negative thought processes and embraced the new! For me, being healthy is being happy!"

"A few months ago, I dyed my hair blue. I was looking to try out something totally different, and the end result brought me so much joy! I feel like a chubby mermaid (hence the name), and it has changed the way I put my outfits together, it has changed the way I interact with people, and it has resulted in a lot of children smiling at me when they walk past me at the supermarket. I am about to change my hair colour again and wanted to immortalise my blue locks by sharing them with the lovely people of I Shot Myself! I hope you enjoy my beachy waves, my cute chubby tum, and my incredibly unhappy feline accomplice, Bingo. <3"

"I decided to be a part of the I Shot Myself project to bring back my creative side and to find the love for my body that I have lost over the last couple of years. I'm so happy I came across ISM - it has given me something to look forward to in the dark times, its given me an outlet when I'm feeling low. To pick up a camera when my self confidence is down, to look back on the photos I have taken and see that I am beautiful in my own way. Everyone in ISM HQ has been so lovely and understanding, girls supporting girls is a beautiful thing."

"I decided to shoot in my room because I feel it is the space that best represents me and holds all my most treasured and sentimental items. I used some of my plants as props because they're the other things living in my room and I love their form. I did get busted by a passer-by as I live in the front room of the house, the lady seemed polite enough to ignore it, despite our eye contact."