To counteract these offensive images and messages, the intention of my photographs is to
not only make visible strong contrasts, but to invoke a new visual vocabulary for how
women should be depicted externally, and how they should see themselves internally. My
interest is to document authentic self-confident women, who exude intellect rather than a
vacant expression, those that have embraced their aging with grace and pride, whose
wrinkles reveal character and experience, and wear their "imperfections" as a timeless
accessory.
Rather than perpetuating the creation of these demeaning images as a photographer,
regardless of critique, or continuously being besieged by them as a viewer, my hope
instead is that by revealing the psychological damage that these images promote to the
feminine psyche, especially adolescent young girls, there will be a campaign for
acceptance of visual truths as defining feminine beauty and perfection, rather than
encouraging hollow illusions or mutilation of the feminine body and…