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"J'ai decide de refaire les photos cette annee car lannee precedente cetait tres amusant. Jai encore prit beaucoup de plaisir a les faire. Je les ai faites deux jours differents et dans deux differents endroits. Bizarement faire les photos cette annee m'a meme beaucoup excite...Je serais ravi de les refaires :) / I decided to redo the pictures this year because the previous year was very fun. I still took a lot of fun doing them. I made them two different days and in two different places. Bizarement to make the pictures this year has me very much excit ...I would be delighted to :)"

"My friends and I had lots of fun taking photos for ISM. I experimented taking photos in different locations and reckon my neighbours definitely got a flash of my tits - but that's because I've got nothing to hide. My favourite photos were ones I took outside in nature, this felt most natural and real."

For her third visit to ISM, the always colourful chameleon we know as Jay_Elle delivers another stellar folio. Taking full advantage of the dappled light and perfectly coordinating her glorious locks to her surroundings, Jay_Elle shows us again that she is a true pro at committing her incomparable style and charisma to these images.

"En la intimidad del proyecto me senti bastante comoda sacandome las fotos, a veces no fue facil verme desnuda. A demas ya no sabia que pose mas intentar jaja, empezo a hacer frio y la luz se iba rapidamente, asi que me dije tengo que hacerlo y me siento feliz con el resultado. / In the intimacy of the project I felt quite comfortable taking the photos, sometimes it was not easy to see me naked. To others I did not know that I had to try haha, it started to get cold and the light went away quickly, so I said I have to do it and I feel happy with the result."

"I went into this thinking that I'd be able to take all of the photos in the one afternoon. This confidence was quickly replaced by a bewilderment at how hard it is to take so many different photos of yourself. It was a challenge, but a challenge that I really enjoyed. I found myself looking through the photos later that day and finding that I loved every single one, even if they were of a body part that I struggled to love. That made me feel really confident and beautiful. I completely loved this experience."

"If I had of done this years ago I would have been terrified, I would have spent hours perfecting every pose, every angle, making sure my body looked perfect in each one. I was so proud of myself for just letting the camera go, snapping away without a worry if my stomach rolls showed, if you could see my cellulite, if the angle wasn't my best. Putting everything out on display felt really empowering and I'm really happy with what turned out!"

"Taking photos with a house that is never empty was a challenge! Alas, I had a small window of opportunity where I could take some photos from home. I felt so conflicted! Being naked in my family kitchen and enjoying myself? Odd. Just the feeling of being naked in places you normally wouldn't be is such a liberating experience. It makes me wonder why we are told that being naked is inappropriate? OR why the nipple is so taboo? So many questions, so little people able to answer them. ISM really opened up my heart and my views on my own body. Positive thoughts is key for happiness <3"

"It was a bit tricky to get the light right, because the sun was behind the trees and my window is in front of a busy road, people constantly drive past and pedestrians, neighbours... I often had in mind - "what will those people think"? Correcting my thoughts to: "whatever, this is art". I want nudity to be more of a normal thing but I also really enjoyed painting my body. Body painting is something I really enjoy, I often draw on my friend's skin and some of them have my art tattooed on them. As an artist I enjoy seeing the body as a canvas, another option to express creativity. The room I shot in I share with my friend Lilou_L who shot her pictures just after me."

"Whilst doing my first shoot I felt slightly embarrassed and inhibited, which is also one of the reasons I chose to do it again. Growing up I learned to really hate my body and thought it was wrong or gross. In some of the photos I really wanted to show my body hair that I feel most ashamed of as a way to normalise it, hoping that it will help other people feel more comfortable with their body hair. I used to try and look skinnier, which I think is what I tried to do in my first shoot and I didn't do that this time. It was interesting to do another shoot after a couple of years and see how I had changed since then. I also did things that I thought were gross or that I thought other people would think were gross. I think I did that to try and go against the way I learned that I "should" be."

"I really enjoyed the experience to work with ISM and embrace myself and my body. At first I wasn't completely sure I could do it but with the support of my housemates and their enthusiasm I gave it a shot. Turns out I had a lot of fun experimenting taking photos of my body and got over the fear of strangers seeing me naked. My favorite shots were definitely the ones taken out the back of our house in the nature. It was also a lot of fun taking sneaky photos out the front of our house. Overall I'm really happy with my experience with ISM and look forward to hopefully working with you again."

"I had so much fun doing ISM the first time, I was very stoked to try it again in another location. This time around I escaped the hustle and bustle of the city for our sleepy weekend home. It was such a relaxed enviroment, lounging around naked by the pool all day was a breeze :)"

"I shot this one morning because I live on the side of the building that only gets light for an hour and a half. Sad, I know, because I love light. I think I was worried mostly about capturing all of me and not forgetting any bits! My cats had a problem because they're used to being the ones featured in my photographs, so they kept trying to take over every single shot. I felt quite comfortable for the rest of the day. Like I could kick anyone with bad vibes to happy-land for mood rectification :)"

"This is my second shoot with I Shot Myself. This time, I shot myself outside in the front garden of my friend's house. I absolutely loved being naked around all the bushes and bees. I had heaps of fun and feel like I changed it up a lot in comparison to my last shoot. I wore no makeup and felt like a little garden faerie! I love these shots a lot, and I'm sure the delivery man who caught me half way through would too!"

"My experience shooting for ISM was really positive and I really enjoyed finding new and more interesting ways my body can be viewed and photographed. I found it challenging coming up with a variety of photos and really had to push myself to get something I liked. My shoot didn't have a particular theme, I just tried to take photos where I was comfortable, so I took a lot of photos in bed and just in places around my house where I would normally be naked. There were a couple of photos in the fridge, sort of as a "fuck you" to my eating disorder, being openly naked and showing off my imperfect body and surrounding it with food which I have had many issues with. I mostly used things around my house and just made myself as comfortable as possible during the shoot to ensure that I was the most confident I could be :)"

"The shoot was so FUN. I never did anything like this before and didn't know what to expect. Turns out I had so much fun and actually learned to appreciate my body even more. It gave me a sense of freedom I haven't felt before."