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"Am Anfang war es fuer mich schwierig mich zu entspannen, aber nach kurzer Zeit hatte sich das gelegt und ich konnte mit der Kamera experimentieren. Ich musste immer warten, bis alle meine Mitbewohner auf Arbeit oder wo anders waren, um mit dem fotografieren zu beginnen. Im Endeffekt hatte ich jedemenge Spass und hab gelernt mich selbst ein Stueck weit mehr zu lieben. Ich kann es jedem nur entfehlen es auch einmal zu machen, denn im Endeffekt sind wir alle Menschen ob wir nackt oder mit Kleidung. / In the beginning it was difficult for me to relax, but after a short time I was able to experiment with the camera. I always had to wait until all my roommates were at work or somewhere else to start photographing. In the end, I had a lot of fun and I learned to love myself a lot more. I can do it and so can everyone, because in the end we are all people whether we are naked or with clothes."

"I did this shoot in the park around the corner from my house. It was fun because I have never been naked in a public before. I enjoyed feeling empowered when I was standing naked on the bench. I loved being cheeky when people were walking past as they didn't know what was going on behind them. While I was climbing power line poles I kept almost falling down as they were very slippery. On the boulder sitting without my underwear was a really invigorating feeling, it felt kinda nice actually. It was a cold winter's day so you will see my cold hard nipples :)"

"I really wanted to include the environment in my photos because I'm really passionate about it. When I was able to, I tried to shoot as much as I could in the grass, but my backyard is paved so I mainly just settled for using flowers. Which led to almost losing a couple of the loose petals in certain parts along the way."

"I love being naked outside, it's one of the best feelings ever and I take every opportunity to do so. The first few photos in this folio where taken in the hills of Colorado USA, where the air was warm and landscape was dry and filled with cacti (and why I kept my shoes on). It was so nice to cut loose and dance around in the sun. I didn't see anyone around, but it felt like someone was watching me. Maybe someone was and I'm okay with that. Now that winter has come I am back in the land of the frozen tundra. I currently live in the ghetto of a large city where it's hard to feel safe outside even fully clothed. So, the second part of this folio was taken in my safe lil' apartment. I did my hair and make up to resemble a classic pin up girl from the 40's and 50's. I love using a mirror for my shoots because it's like I'm hanging out with another me. I mean if you can't eye fuck yourself how can you eye fuck someone else? I think I can eye fuck myself pretty damn good :). I also let go towards the end of this shoot, holding nothing back, showing every inch of myself and doing so I was able to feel my true self. I love myself and everyone should feel the same about themselves. ISM is a great outlet that helped me realize and see my beauty and being able to share that feeling with others is so wonderful."

"I took this shoot as an opportunity to comment on society's sexualization of the nude female body and conceptually divided my folio into three interconnected parts: Representation, Revelation, and Reclamation. In Representation, the series comprised of shots in my bedroom, I am representing my body as women's bodies are often represented by others (primarily by men): as fragmented parts of a whole, desirable for someone else's pleasure. In Revelation, I am cleansing myself in the bath to reveal the self that lies below the artificial representation of "woman" I've been taught to embody. In the final series, Reclamation, I am shooting mostly outside to claim nudity as a natural state, playing with natural elements and exploring the animal within the constructed "human". In the final photos of the shoot, I pour my own period blood all over my body, playing with the idea of being "dirty", which is often used as a derogatory or sexual term, but only derives this meaning from the human/nature dualism, since "dirt" exists relative to "clean", which is something we maintain by building walls to separate us from the dirt of the world, which is in fact natural, and we should embrace!"

"This set is inspired by my freshly shaved head, all the textures of the body and hair in general. I get up close and personal and explore the intricacies of my body through the camera lens, allowing me to see myself in fine detail and appreciate every follicle. I contrast the roughness of my head with the softness of my body and surroundings, showing how even without hair a woman can still be very feminine and sexual."

"I was shooting in the middle of a forest so there was a fair bit of wildlife, this ended up with kangaroos and a fox wanting to join in. The shoot went well apart from getting stuck on a few poses. I'm really happy with the results!"

"I really wanted the photos I submitted to be an accurate expression of my vision so I took my time with this shoot to allow myself a moment to process the challenging emotions and do it properly. I wanted to do it with passion and integrity, and feel good about what I was sharing with the world - and have fun doing it. Like any great art piece, it is in constant flux and flow. I am a different person in every photo, as I am a different person every moment of every day. Here is an attempt at capturing an essence I hope has made its way through, to you :-)"

"I took photos in a number of different places, both inside and out, over a period of three wonderfully sunny days. I took some clothed, but most are fully naked. I actually started fully naked to try and get past being uncomfortable with my body, then took some clothed. A lot of my photos are close ups of different parts of my body, which was exciting because I feel as though I'm happy with what people would consider 'imperfections' like my stretch marks and scars - they're part of my body, and what makes me beautiful. There's also a number of cameos from my cats, who hate not being the centre of attention, and refused to leave me alone during my shoot!"

"So shooting initially made me feel slightly awkward, and I didn't like the first few pics I took - everything was too bright, all the bits I didn't want to show were in plain sight, and I just burnt my nose some days back so felt self-conscious about it. I was shooting in my room, which was quite tightly packed with a big bed, a little cabinet and a few other things, and the bed was basically the only space I could freely move around on. I tried a whole bunch of corners and angles until I finally found one that made me love the light - I basically placed a mirror against the window right in front of the bed, blocking the neighbours from being able to see me, and suddenly the entire room was green. As I was shooting, the initial awkwardness started to fade and I got into it, enjoying the process of feeling more free with my body, being okay with showing parts I would normally not want to show, being okay with nothing being perfect, just allowing everything to be lovely as is, which has always been good enough. Sometimes it's hard to make that inner critic just shut the hell up, and once I felt more appreciation and kindness towards my own body, even in harsher light, doing the pics was an amazing experience."

"This is a little video of me giving my two dogs, Bling and Roxy, a bath. Except it's in the shower, as I'm without a backyard at the moment - the inconvenience of apartment life. Mostly it's me raving about how cute they are."

"Shooting myself was a really fun and new experience for me. I had to work in sort of sneaky secret, because my housemate was home and could have walked in any second, which made it even more fun for me because I love feeling cheeky like that. I was hesitant at first, but once I started to feel a bit more comfortable being naked and painting my body with ink it became such an empowering experience. It's so cool to see my own body in ways I normally wouldn't get a chance to!"

For her reload, that glorious demigoddess we know as Rosina ventures into the wilderness to deliver us another exceptional shoot. Accompanied by a pair of canine pals and a slew of mirrors, Rosina looks truly at home among the rocks and greenery. We here at ISM are powerless against her stunning eyes, perfect skin and remarkable inner-glow and we are thoroughly okay with that.

"Durant le shooting, je me suis rendue compte que ce que je vois moi est bien different de ce que voit l'appareil photo. Il m'a donc fallu apprendre a voir comme l'appareil photo afin d'avoir de belle vue. J'ai ete agreablement surprise de trouver ca marrant et interessant. Une belle experience, j'aime beaucoup les photos que j'ai faite. / During the shoot, I realized that what I see is very different from what the camera sees. So I had to learn to see like the camera in order to have nice view. I was pleasantly surprised to find this fun and interesting. A beautiful experience, I like the photos I made."

"I found once I began the shoot I started to explore in myself the possibilities of my body in front of the camera, not allowing any social constructs to play a part in my mind as I moved around my house. The raw, truthfulness I allowed to flow out through my body was a wonderful uplifting rise of energy and glow. As an artist I felt I was creating the artwork with my very own body in the most direct form of self photography. It was lovely to just be able to look at myself, all of me and creating time simply for that!"