Health at Every Size Stock Photo: Fat Body Close-up
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
The contours of a fat woman’s body are shown in this close-up image, including stretch marks, skin texture, rolls and cellulite.
A plus-size woman with wavy hair in shades of purple with matching eyeshadow and lipstick. A sunny window lights a tattoo on her arm and brings out her hair gradient.
A plus-size woman’s back rolls lit from a sunny window out of frame, highlighting purple wavy hair and a pair of black panties
A plus-size woman’s back rolls and arm rolls before a sunny window, framed at the top and side by wavy purple hair
A plus-size woman’s back rolls in the sunlight framed by purple hair strands
A plus-size woman’s gently lit arm rolls and belly rolls
A plus-size woman wearing a lace bra with her rolls showing; tattooed arms in the background.
A pluss-size tattooed white woman wearing gray lacey lingerie looks to the side of the camera while holding a purple blanket like a cape around her purple and pink hair; softly lit belly rolls softly lit and matching makeup
A pluss-size tattooed white woman wearing gray lacey lingerie looks to the side of the camera while holding a purple blanket like a cape around her purple and pink hair; softly lit belly rolls softly lit and matching makeup
A pluss-size tattooed white woman wearing gray lacey lingerie holds her eyes closed in a peaceful yet confident expression while holding a purple blanket like a cape around her purple and pink hair; softly lit belly rolls softly lit and matching makeup
A pluss-size tattooed white woman wearing gray lacey lingerie looks to the side of the camera while holding a purple blanket like a cape around her purple and pink hair; softly lit belly rolls softly lit and matching makeup
A pluss-size tattooed white woman wearing gray lacey lingerie looks curiously at the camera while holding a purple blanket like a cape around her purple and pink hair; softly lit belly rolls softly lit and matching makeup
A pluss-size tattooed white woman wearing gray lacey lingerie looks confidently at the camera while holding a purple blanket like a cape around her purple and pink hair; softly lit belly rolls softly lit and matching makeup
A plus-size white woman sitting in a studio on a stool while wearing gray lacey lingerie; softly lit belly rolls and leg rolls abound, and she’s holding a purple blanket as a cape around her matching hair. She’s sitting in front of a divider screen.
A plus-size white woman sitting in a studio on a stool while wearing gray lacey lingerie; softly lit belly rolls and leg rolls abound, and she’s holding a purple blanket as a cape around her matching hair. She’s sitting in front of a divider screen and near a spider plant against a navy blue wall.
A plus-size white woman looks down peacefully from the camera holding a gradient shawl across her body in purple pink and peach that mathces her hair and skin perfectly; rolls and lingerie softly lit by the window off frame
A plus-size white woman gives a smoldering look at the camera while holding a gradient shawl across her body in purple pink and peach that mathces her hair and skin perfectly; rolls and lingerie softly lit by the window off frame
A plus-size white woman looks down at a gradient shawl in purple pink and peach that mathces her hair and skin perfectly
A plus-size white woman looks down at a gradient shawl in purple pink and peach that matches her hair and skin perfectly
A plus-size white woman with tattoos on her arms and purple hair to match her lipstick and eyeshadow looks confidentlyat the camera while she poses on an ottoman with her hands over her stomach while wearing black lingerie
A plus-size white woman with tattoos on her arms and purple hair to match her lipstick and eyeshadow smiles confidently while she poses on an ottoman with her hands over her stomach while wearing black lingerie
A plus-size white woman with tattoos on her arms and purple hair to match her lipstick and eyeshadow smiles confidently while she poses on an ottoman with her hands over her stomach while wearing black lingerie
A plus-size white woman with tattoos on her arms and purple hair to match her lipstick and eyeshadow poses confidently on an ottoman with her hands over her stomach while wearing black lingerie
A plus-size woman with purple gradient hair looks downward in lacey lingerie. Lit from out of frame by a sunny window, highlighting a scarification tattoo and the lipstick and eyeshadow to match the hair gradient.
A plus size woman in a yellow floral dress with a red sash wearing mirrored sunglasses and red lipstick stands in front of the ocean with one foot on a red suitcase.
A plus size woman in a yellow floral dress looks out at the ocean holding a red suitcase
A plus size woman wearing a floral dress and mirrored sunglasses with red lipstick looks off camera while leaning on a red suitcase
A plus size woman in a blue floral swimsuit mirrored sunglasses and red lipstick sits in on the stony beach on a red suitcase, giving the camera an alluring look
Seventy years in the future, the diet industry remains the most powerful branch of the federal government. The rights of fat citizens have been eliminated, and the rebellion has begun. FATIZEN: The Graphic Novel, Part Three is an adaptation of the 2015 prose novel Fatizen 24602 by author Philip Barragan, published by Branch Hill Publications….
Seventy years in the future, the diet industry remains the most powerful branch of the federal government. The rights of fat citizens have been eliminated, and the rebellion has begun. FATIZEN: The Graphic Novel, Part Two is an adaptation of the 2015 prose novel Fatizen 24602 by author Philip Barragan, published by Branch Hill Publications….
Is there an acceptable level of fatness? And if so, how fat is too fat? In our society, there is a growing intolerance of FAT people. In spite of the fat positivity and body acceptance movement, there are those who feel threatened by the bodies of the obese. As FAT people express more self-confidence and…
Hi friend, Here in Seattle, we’re well into our damp, drizzly, chilly, earthen season that will last with slight variations into next May. Though I offer outdoor photo sessions here year round, since it rarely gets very cold, indoor sessions are picking up. It’s also the time of year when I both slow down personally…
Sixteen-year-old Thrash doesn’t enchant eyeliner over her lids or clear her acne with magic. She is plus-size, but she doesn’t hate what she sees in the mirror—that’s the realm of her mother, Osmarra, a slim and elegant Glamour witch. When Thrash unexpectedly breaks a mirror with her mind, she discovers she has a knack for…
This is the Body Liberation Photos Ask a Fat Creator (and Allies) series, in which we find out more about the lives, work, and breakfasts of all kinds of large-bodied and marginalized creators and their allies. This interview is with Ashley Anne Strobridge, a Vermont-based artist who finds inspiration in both the natural world and…
Hi friend, The situation in Gaza is weighing on me so much this week, as is the grief of Palestinians and Jews at the occupation of Palestinian land by the state of Israel. Opining on these events is far out of my lane, so I encourage you to hope over to this email from Vicky Bellman at Concentric…
Model E. eating a cupcake at Flaming Geyser State Park. Browse stock photos for cooking, eating and interacting with food» Reader Michelle Molash has a great addition to last week’s letter on who profits when fat people are hated: “The entertainment industry profit from us. The fat buffoon who thinks he can do any number of things that only…
Despite there being more fat people in the United States than thin people, thin folks like to act like — and occasionally seem to believe that — we simply don’t exist. Living in a thin body is to exist in a bubble where everyone with a body unlike yours is invisible. Thin people won’t produce…
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.
The Body Liberation Calendar is now updated! I update the calendar every week with new fat-positive, body-positive and plus-size events, online and in person around the world. This week I’ve added events in Michigan, Massachusetts, New York, Ontario and NSW Australia, and online events including virtual karaoke with NAAFA. All the events are in one…
A throwback to 2016 (!) with Client D. at their Wildest Dreams session. I’m currently booking body liberation photo sessions » Over in the Body Liberation Blanket Fort, we’ve added some new emotes to cheer each other on, created a new #fatshion (clothing and fashion centered on larger bodies) channel and are reveling in glorifying o*sity with…
Client J. at their Confidence session. I’m currently booking boudoir & portrait photo sessions » As Twitter continues to fall apart, where are y’all hanging out these days? It seems like everyone has splintered out to a dozen different platforms. I’m most active in the Body Liberation Blanket Fort these days, followed by Bluesky, but here’s where…
Client J. at her Confidence session this week. I’m currently booking boudoir & portrait photo sessions» It’s been a few weeks since you’ve heard from me, and it was because I was out having a lovely time wandering around California on an epic road trip. I’m coming to understand that, just as much as any…
Over at Inside Higher Ed, writer Kallie Menard mentioned a piece I wrote for NAAFA a few years ago in her article on anti-fat bias in academia. “We must begin by unlearning and re-educating ourselves on negative and harmful biases about fatness. Activists who engage in the ‘deliberate work of tearing down the systems that…
From a recent session with Kyra Sutherland of Joyful Divergence. I’m currently booking small business photo sessions » This week I have a Body Liberation Blanket Fort update for you before we swing into the regular letter. The Blanket Fort is my fat-friendly and body-safe community that centers fat folks and welcomes everyone. And it’s going strong, with…
Fat joy is precious, perfect and vital.
The world we live in encourages fat people not to feel j…