A fat white woman in capris, a top and cardigan blows bubbles in a field of grass during a body-positive portrait shoot in Washington state.

Fat joy is precious, perfect and vital.

ByLindley Ashline October 13, 2023October 13, 2023

The world we live in encourages fat people not to feel joy, tells us we don’t deserve it, tries to steal it away. But joy is our birthright and something that can never be stolen from us entirely. Even in the midst of oppression, we can find and hold moments of joy.

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Lindley Ashline

Hi there! I'm Lindley. I create artwork that celebrates the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional "beauty" standards at Body Liberation Photography. I'm also the creator of Body Liberation Stock and the Body Love Shop, a curated central resource for body-friendly artwork and products. Find all my work here at bodyliberationphotos.com.

Lindley & Body Liberation Photos

ByLindley Ashline December 1, 2021November 29, 2021

I used to think that I was too fat to be a professional photographer. I thought that no one would hire a fat photographer, that they’d laugh at the very thought. From the safety of my corporate job, I watched people in thin bodies make other thin people’s dream images come true. In 2014, my…

A light-skinned black woman, shown from the waist down, stands in her underwear and holds out a metal ornament with LOVE cut out. Stretch marks are visible on her belly.

Body Liberation Photography | Body Love Shop & Box | Living in a Fat Body

{the daily fat} You deserve love. | Body positive fine art photographic prints

ByLindley Ashline July 28, 2022July 28, 2022

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March Body Liberation Book Club Pick: Fat, Pretty & Soon to Be Old

ByLindley Ashline March 3, 2020April 13, 2021

March’s pick for the Body Liberation Book Club is Fat, Pretty and Soon to be Old by Kimberly Dark! Join us on Thursday, March 26 at 7 pm for a fat-friendly hangout and book discussion. Newcomers are very welcome! Purchasing the book from this affiliate link helps me continue to offer free resources: https://amzn.to/2TDyJoQ About…

Two fat women are shown from the shoulders up sitting back to back on a bench in the forest, with heads thrown back laughing. The woman whose face is shown has short brown hair and glasses, and both are wearing bright sleeveless dresses. They are at a body-positive portrait photography session in Seattle, WA.

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{the daily fat} Fat people are joyful | Body-positive portrait photographer in Seattle, WA

ByLindley Ashline June 8, 2022June 8, 2022

A thin, older white woman with wrinkled skin sitting solemnly on a hotel sofa by a window with her dog.

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Age Positive

ByLindley Ashline January 17, 2024January 17, 2024

If we’re lucky, aging will happen to every one of us, but we talk about it so little, and we all deserve to understand aging and be treated better in our aging bodies. Some of it is that social media is a young person’s game. It burns out people, especially activists, as we age. And…

A fat white woman laughs in front of a laptop at a table in a large, brightly-lit room with brick walls and big windows. Books are scattered on the table around the laptop. Part of a fat-positive small business branding session in Seattle, WA

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Sneak Peek: Christy’s Light-Filled Small Business Portrait Session

ByLindley Ashline November 2, 2023November 2, 2023

A fun sneak peek of Christy’s recent small business photo session in Seattle! Christy runs Dazzling Spoons Counseling and as you can see, she loves to laugh. For this session, we rented a light-filled loft space, and it gave us so much flexibility and room (and a dry, warm space) that I’m now recommending most…

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