Ana

Within this project, I wanted to work with the model’s body, Ana. Most of my work lately is trying to merge fine art and fashion to create non-objectified imagery about the female form and enhance body plurality.

The main idea for the shoot was to explore and create. There wasn’t a specific plan for this story; I wanted to improvise and see where it would go. As a photographer, I shoot or create stories about self-identity, isolation, femininity, and sexuality in which I try to incorporate fashion and fine art.

All the post-production I did solely – included collaging, painting and layouts; a lot of my creative process is very spontaneous. I have been experimenting with Polaroids a lot in 2020 and 2021. They’re blurry and low-quality; colors are always a surprise, mostly a good surprise.

This story was shot on a Polaroid600, and the post-production process included the same amount of creative labor that it took to make the images.

Within this project, I wanted to work with the model’s body, Ana. In 2021 I shot a lot of regular women and non-models – this story was one of them. Most of my work lately is trying to merge fine art and fashion to create non-objectified imagery about the female form and enhance body plurality.

As a size eight myself, I see how designer clothes mostly never fit me because when sizing up, they don’t think you can have wide hips and bust. So the last time I went to find a dress for myself, I had many expectations. Instead, I started having a panic attack and being scared about my image reflected. 

Even scrolling Instagram – the dream designer girl is still a skinny teenager. And that is just so unhealthy that I don’t understand how we still fall for that.