Modelling

Body Positivity 2018

Art piece created for an assessment submission, and later zine run by students. The project was to target and portray body positivity with a diverse range of models.

Photographer: Student - Annie Handscomb

Partnering Model: Matthew Gooden- Real life partner.

Hair and Makeup: Myself

Rhyana on personal body positivity:

“Body positivity is not something I have. Doing this photoshoot and dabbling in modelling may make it seem like I do, but overall I have a lot of physical insecurities that have never left. Often duting modelling shoots I have been told how ‘perfect’ my figure is as if I’m crazy not to like it, which is not something I will ever get used to. But it’s something I aspire to develop. I hope that as I get older, live more, and try and change my shape slightly, I will get the body positivity I feel I should already have. I believe all people are beautiful, but I don’t think I’m beautiful to me. But hopefully, that will change. Because I think that we all deserve to see the beauty in ourselves. “

Matthew on personal body positivity:

“Body confidence has never been my thing. I’ve never been in “good” shape, but as I grew up, I just ate more and more and eventually became someone who was afraid to even take their shirt off in front of another person. My best friend left for university and I went through a bad few weeks where I was so depressed that I just stopped eating altogether. I just starved myself because I missed her so much. Then I decided that because I wasn’t eating, I should turn that into something else. Something positive. I began eating healthier. I started going to the gym three, sometimes four times a week and saw some insane improvements in myself. I’m nowhere near 100% there yet and I still struggle sometimes, but my confidence in my body and myself as a person have shot up considerably and I know that I’ll soon get to that stage where I’m comfortable and happy around people I know and even others that I don’t and I won’t feel like they’re staring at me if I take my t-shirt off in public anymore.”