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Photographer Captures People Who’ve Been Bullied For Having A Different Body To Fight Traditional Beauty Standards
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Even though beauty is seen differently by everyone, there are some standards that many people chase after. Facial features, body types, eye/hair colors and textures – there are many pieces to this “beauty standard” puzzle.
Francesc Planes, a 22-year-old photographer from Spain, took it upon himself to encourage change. He started a photo series called “Normal”, in which the artist documents bodies that usually do not fit into the frames of “standard beauty”. Francesc captures people in their most vulnerable and pure state – naked.
The main idea behind this project is to celebrate the things that aren’t ‘normal’ but are beautiful and unique.
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Guille was bullied for alopecia
Jordi had his eye removed as a child due to a tumor growing behind him. Today he uses a prosthetic eye
Alba Parejo who was born with more than 500 moles and dark hairy skin all over her body
“My ex-boyfriend told me not to show my back to anyone because nobody wants to have a deformed girlfriend” Alba shared
Tess was called a ‘fatty’
These guys were bullied for their tattoos
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This was thought provoking. Even the tattoos which had an effect of being so polarizing in the comments. One thing that strikes me is this could be any of us. Today we could be unmarked, smooth conforming to standards of "beauty" and tomorrow we could be a burn victim or an accident victim and that smooth unmarked skin gone. Would our partners still love us? Would they be in love with us still? What if your child was born with these birthmarks. How would your heart feel about them? I wish we could just walk around wearing our souls on the outside.
If you’re interested in exploring this more, u might want to check out the short story “Liking What You See: A Documentary” by Ted Chiang. It’s abt a (fictional) procedure that makes surface looks less compelling, helping a person to see through the eyes of love instead. Raises great q’s abt lookism, biology, the value and drawbacks of beauty, and deciding which qualities we value. Cheers
The guys with the tatoos aren't victims - they're volunteers.
True enough. They were still bullied though, which isn't okay regardless.
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legaly it is in fact no crime if you make fun of tattoed people because they decided themselfs to make a fool of them.
Totally agree with this, bullying is terrible outright, but a distinction needs to be made some of these people didn't choose to have the condition they were born with.
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so is the fat lady, it's called a diet and gym
Kind of not the point there Nessi V. and ChrisZAUR. It's not really about "legally" not being a crime - seriously?? (hopefully English isn't your first language). It's about the bullying and/or the polarizing. How hard is that to understand? Do you really lower your emotional bar that low that you have to say "legally it isn't a crime to make fun of tattooed people...." or "fat people?" I mean no shit it's not LEGALLY A CRIME! Still do you really want to hurt someone's feelings because you can? Christ on the cross, it's not about what you CAN do, it's about what you SHOULD and SHOULDN'T do.
My necessary medication caused my weight gain. My medication caused the nerve damage that screwed up my ability to walk without pain. It's not all McDonald's.
what about a health issue? There are many things that can cause high weight without eating wrong and no t doing sports
Ouch! ^^^ ignorant bully in our midst here. There are numerous medical conditions which your dumbass fix would not do a damn thing about. Think, better yet educate yourself before you type, just wow!
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I use to be a fat until I started dieting and exercise so I feel no sympathy for people who are fat and complain about it, also eating too much mcdonalds is not a medical condition, and why would I care about what you have to say? you are just a random person on the internet that I'm going to forget about after I close this page
"Bullied" because of tattoos? How old were they when they got fecking FACE tattoos!? They clearly aren't Maori.
Especially the guy who is obviously a gang-banger, you usually get those tattoos after the first time you murder someone, so yeah fucking "bullied" boo-hoo.
Right. The second to last guy has a tattoo of a gun pointing at the head of a pleading black man. I have a feeling I know who the true bullies are.
UGH! I didn't even notice that, but now that makes the people talking about "how dare they get bullied - it's THEIR body" look self-righteous and stupid.
This was thought provoking. Even the tattoos which had an effect of being so polarizing in the comments. One thing that strikes me is this could be any of us. Today we could be unmarked, smooth conforming to standards of "beauty" and tomorrow we could be a burn victim or an accident victim and that smooth unmarked skin gone. Would our partners still love us? Would they be in love with us still? What if your child was born with these birthmarks. How would your heart feel about them? I wish we could just walk around wearing our souls on the outside.
If you’re interested in exploring this more, u might want to check out the short story “Liking What You See: A Documentary” by Ted Chiang. It’s abt a (fictional) procedure that makes surface looks less compelling, helping a person to see through the eyes of love instead. Raises great q’s abt lookism, biology, the value and drawbacks of beauty, and deciding which qualities we value. Cheers
The guys with the tatoos aren't victims - they're volunteers.
True enough. They were still bullied though, which isn't okay regardless.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
legaly it is in fact no crime if you make fun of tattoed people because they decided themselfs to make a fool of them.
Totally agree with this, bullying is terrible outright, but a distinction needs to be made some of these people didn't choose to have the condition they were born with.
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
so is the fat lady, it's called a diet and gym
Kind of not the point there Nessi V. and ChrisZAUR. It's not really about "legally" not being a crime - seriously?? (hopefully English isn't your first language). It's about the bullying and/or the polarizing. How hard is that to understand? Do you really lower your emotional bar that low that you have to say "legally it isn't a crime to make fun of tattooed people...." or "fat people?" I mean no shit it's not LEGALLY A CRIME! Still do you really want to hurt someone's feelings because you can? Christ on the cross, it's not about what you CAN do, it's about what you SHOULD and SHOULDN'T do.
My necessary medication caused my weight gain. My medication caused the nerve damage that screwed up my ability to walk without pain. It's not all McDonald's.
what about a health issue? There are many things that can cause high weight without eating wrong and no t doing sports
Ouch! ^^^ ignorant bully in our midst here. There are numerous medical conditions which your dumbass fix would not do a damn thing about. Think, better yet educate yourself before you type, just wow!
This comment is hidden. Click here to view.
I use to be a fat until I started dieting and exercise so I feel no sympathy for people who are fat and complain about it, also eating too much mcdonalds is not a medical condition, and why would I care about what you have to say? you are just a random person on the internet that I'm going to forget about after I close this page
"Bullied" because of tattoos? How old were they when they got fecking FACE tattoos!? They clearly aren't Maori.
Especially the guy who is obviously a gang-banger, you usually get those tattoos after the first time you murder someone, so yeah fucking "bullied" boo-hoo.
Right. The second to last guy has a tattoo of a gun pointing at the head of a pleading black man. I have a feeling I know who the true bullies are.
UGH! I didn't even notice that, but now that makes the people talking about "how dare they get bullied - it's THEIR body" look self-righteous and stupid.