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Deep in the forests of Romania, there lurks a wisp of a ghost, a half-girl half-spectre who moans and howls there, between the trees. It's said that to have one glimpse of her is to go to your doom, but what a sweet doom it will be. Is she Ale or Lele, girl or ghost? To decide, you must look, and when you look...

"I grabbed shots here and there, in the forest, around the house and out in the garden. My long red hair is one of my favorite features of my body, and I wanted to show how it makes me feel sensual and beautiful. I'm not shy being naked in front of the camera but shooting the photos myself was a new experience, I had to find new positions to move my body into in order to get good interesting shots."

"My idea was to play with color and to intrigue all of my senses. I interacted with each of the props in a different way. I hummed along as I strummed the purple guitar and savored several bites of kale before snapping a photo in the veggie patch. I felt the texture of the grass and the warm rays of sun. In addition to finding the colors and textures that were there, I also shot several photos through colorful pieces of plastic to get a different perspective. I feel so comfortable in my thoroughly explored backyard that I wish I could walk around naked in it again."

"There's just something about being able to do a shoot at home with your housemates coming and going... Being able to sit in the window ordained in lace and feathers, enjoy a cup of tea and then resume shooting at my own free time is a freedom I have always longed to have :) Spending a sunny afternoon playing with the reflections of my life size bird cage was an experience of personal intimacy and freedom like no other."

"As I took each piece of clothing off it felt like I was removing something else. A problem from that morning, the stress from work, the nervousness that I wouldn't pass my next exam. But as I undressed I left it all behind; crumpled in a pile with my clothes. I could think of nothing else but how it felt to finally have my skin free to touch the air. It felt so good to just be me, even for a little moment, before I had to get dressed again and step back into the world."

"I shot myself on a beautiful sunshine-y afternoon in my home yard. It felt so wonderful to spray water on my hot body, the cool and hot combination was amazing! I had so much fun with this shoot, I never felt this way before. When I was lying on the lilo, it felt like I was floating on the water, so relaxing and beautiful. With my Aussie boat I could pretend I was really there with my Ishotmyself friends!"

"This is me in an old abandoned building that is on the side of a dirt road in the mountains. It is an unfinished place where I felt I could be anything I wanted to be. Someone could have appeared, and I was there shooting myself naked. In fact, I wished someone had passed and stopped to see me. Let them see. I am proud of my body. I felt free and beautiful."

"I loved the natural colours and textures I used in my shoot, which I tried to base around the nature during autumn. I started out being cheeky, showing my breasts in the street, but quickly retired home to get more intimate with the camera. The leaves I brought from outside made a really textured prop, layered in my hair and over my body, beautiful against the contrast of my simple white lingerie. I felt the shadows looked beautiful on my naked skin."

"Staying the night on a boat I decided the only logical thing was to take some pictures documenting my time.. and where better to send them than to ISM? So, you can all share my chilly nipples too! It wasn't raining when I started shooting, but as I took more clothes off, more raindrops started to fall more heavily. In the end, they forced me inside to finish the shoot on the dining room table amidst the mess, and looking up out of the rain splattered windows to the grey skies above. The drawings and dress are by the amazing Mew!"

"The folio was shot on my parent's balcony at their house. I am just visiting with them in Melbourne for the week, so staying at their place... maybe not such good timing. I also have my auntie visiting who was home at the time whilst my parents were at work. In the shoot I start out in one of the dresses I have designed - luckily the weather was permitting as it is freezing here at the moment."

"I've been a big collector of beany babies for aaages now. They were really big in the 90's, so I stocked up on them during my childhood and nearly have the whole set now. What you got to see was only a handful of the amount that I actually have. They were really nice and warm on my bare skin after braving the constant on-and-off rainy weather we've been dealing with lately. I sure did get a good workout though, with all the running in and out of the house to avoid getting soaked!"

Alyssa_R's got mojo, that intangible something that just lights up the room, and our computer screens, with enthusiasm, joie de vivre, and okay - some impressively athletic moves, performed in some impressively high heels. That kind of energy could have a tendency to intimate the weaker-willed among us, but here at HQ we're just eating it up.

"When I was 18 I was slim, but I thought I was fat. Then university called me, and off I went for endless nights filled with vodka shots and pizza to mop up the hangovers. It took me a long time to notice how much weight I had actually gained. I only realised at the end of my second year that my stomach had gone from flat to wobbly with purple lines on it. I then spent the next year of my life crying about my new body while shoving more pizza in my mouth to make up for it. It was only after I left Univeristy that I made the effort to lose the weight. The stretch marks are still there, but I didn't care. Even though I know I don't have the skinniest body, I love it."

"Usually I pose with pizza for pictures (clothed or unclothed), so I tried to shake things up a bit in my tiny, sun-deprived Chinatown apartment with a bunch of fresh kale. Aside from ignoring my dad's skype call and hoping my flatmate didn't see bursts of bright flash while she made her morning coffee, all was good and well during the self-portrait session. Dark leafy greens, white sheets, and a mindset quite different from my conservative South Korean upbringing. I'm sure in another generation, my parents would be proud."

"Here, in the north of France, winter is coming. I'm really chilly and I spend my time wrapped in blankets. That's how the idea of this folio is coming, and with the spotlight, it wasn't too terrible! But my feet were frozen. I hope you will be more warmed than me!"