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Post-Pregnancy Photo Series Shows How Mothers’ Bodies Look After Giving Birth
Photos of women in the mass media don’t seem to leave much room for women who don’t match its heavily Photoshopped concept of beauty, but photographer Jade Beall provides a healthy counterweight, using her photography to highlight just how beautiful the bodies of mothers truly are.
Beall’s photography takes women in all of their beauty – thick and thin, smooth and wrinkly, tall and short. Her photos seem especially empowering for women who have been marked with stretchmarks by their pregnancies. On her website, she writes that her goal is “ to build self-esteem in a world that thrives off women feeling insecure“ and “to inspire future generations of women to be free from the unnecessary self-suffering and embrace their beauty just as they are.“
Her photos have generated controversy by some, and were temporarily removed from Facebook for featuring nudity, but that hasn’t stopped her!
More info: jadebeall.com | Facebook | abeautifulbodyproject.com (h/t: huffpost)
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MegCornell 10 years ago
I have never seen someone that looks like me until this series. I thought I was the only one.
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DebbieFleming 10 years ago
I love it. We should see more of what women really look like, not this photo-shopped rubbish, especially after having babies.
KelleyStorum 10 years ago
I love this article. I love the photographs. I love anything that moves us women forward to a place of accepting ourselves and each other.
LisaGooch-knowles 10 years ago
I have four children, my tummy looks like a deflated balloon, I hate it, my kids don't notice it,my husband sees more than my tummy, I have
Noor 10 years ago
It are your battle scars. It brought you the most beautiful gift one can get, children Be proud of the signs that show you live a full life
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DaniellaMcfadzean 10 years ago
Nice to see that this is what the majority of us realky look like after kids, all part of becoming mothers and nothing to be embarrassed of
canvaschamp 10 years ago
Women love their beauty and they sacrifice it for children. Inimitable - Mother nature. Thanks for sharing :)
ShirleyCunningham 10 years ago
Lovely and real........I'm so proud to be a mother of 4 every line means I'm blessed
GertrudeWilkes 10 years ago
I have stretch marks, now faded to silver. I had them at 14 when skinny girl turned to woman.My mother, womb to 8 has none.
MegCornell 10 years ago
I have never seen someone that looks like me until this series. I thought I was the only one.
Load More Replies... DebbieFleming 10 years ago
I love it. We should see more of what women really look like, not this photo-shopped rubbish, especially after having babies.
KelleyStorum 10 years ago
I love this article. I love the photographs. I love anything that moves us women forward to a place of accepting ourselves and each other.
LisaGooch-knowles 10 years ago
I have four children, my tummy looks like a deflated balloon, I hate it, my kids don't notice it,my husband sees more than my tummy, I have
Noor 10 years ago
It are your battle scars. It brought you the most beautiful gift one can get, children Be proud of the signs that show you live a full life
Load More Replies... DaniellaMcfadzean 10 years ago
Nice to see that this is what the majority of us realky look like after kids, all part of becoming mothers and nothing to be embarrassed of
canvaschamp 10 years ago
Women love their beauty and they sacrifice it for children. Inimitable - Mother nature. Thanks for sharing :)
ShirleyCunningham 10 years ago
Lovely and real........I'm so proud to be a mother of 4 every line means I'm blessed
GertrudeWilkes 10 years ago
I have stretch marks, now faded to silver. I had them at 14 when skinny girl turned to woman.My mother, womb to 8 has none.
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