A black woman sits in front of a white backdrop and throws a small head of Boston lettuce over her shoulder. In this close-up view, only her torso, chest, arm, hand, shoulders, neck and face can be seen. She’s wearing a casual and colorful striped dress in pinks and blues, a silver necklace with a…
A black woman sits in front of a white backdrop and throws a small head of Boston lettuce over her shoulder. In this close-up view, only her torso, chest, arm, hand, shoulders, neck and face can be seen. She’s wearing a casual and colorful striped dress in pinks and blues, a silver necklace with a…
A black woman sits in front of a white backdrop and holds a small head of Boston lettuce. In this close-up view, only her upper torso, chest, arm, hand, shoulders, neck and face can be seen. She’s wearing a casual and colorful striped dress in pinks and blues, a silver necklace with a heart pendant,…
A black woman sits in front of a white backdrop and holds a small head of Boston lettuce. In this close-up view, only her upper torso, chest, arm, hand, shoulders, neck and face can be seen. She’s wearing a casual and colorful striped dress in pinks and blues, a silver necklace with a heart pendant,…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. In this close-up shot, only her chest, shoulders, arms, hands, neck and face are shown. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple…
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple color, and she has a tattoo in the shape of a heart on her shoulder….
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple color, and she has a tattoo in the shape of a heart on her shoulder….
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple color, and she has a tattoo in the shape of a heart on her shoulder….
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple color, and she has a tattoo in the shape of a heart on her shoulder….
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple color, and she has a tattoo in the shape of a heart on her shoulder….
An African-American woman who wears plus size clothing sits in front of a white backdrop. She’s wearing a casual black top, silver necklace with a heart pendant, and bright pink lipstick. Her short, curly hair is dyed a vivid pink-purple color, and she has a tattoo in the shape of a heart on her shoulder….
One of the cooler aspects of my job is the privilege of not only capturing individual people’s bodies and lives, but their relationships. At this tea party-themed session, you can see the warm support of a circle of close friends shining through, accompanied by a gorgeous cake, lots of sweets and tea, and a beautiful…
On this episode of the Rising Whole podcast, Prim Ormanovich and I talk about how coherency in your business comes from having an underlying ethical framework or cause, and how my own underlying framework led to me splintering my business into many separate parts — and then bringing it together again. The podcast is no…
So many of the dynamics around bodies, weight and worth are really about power, and it was fascinating to dig into those power dynamics with Leela Sinha, host of the PowerPivot podcast. We talk about being unafraid of power, claiming your power, whether vulnerability offers or contains inherent power, and the power in anger. You…
Body Liberation Stock Stock photos and images for body size diversity and acceptance New stock image collection: Kat Max + Lindley Ashline exclusives Explore a brand new set of exclusive collaboration images from Kat Max based on Lindley’s photography, available only at Body Liberation Stock. Change your images, change the world. Traditional stock photography sites…
When someone in a marginalized body shares a deep fear with you and your first answer is, “Well, I work in that field and I’ve never seen that,” you are in the wrong. Especially if you do not share that marginalization. Especially if you are a healthcare provider. Especially if that fear is well-founded, well-documented…
You can assign points to food and you can talk about calories in calories out and you can talk about willpower and you can talk about dietsand you can talk about fatand you can talk about loss but until you start talking about the way human bodies actually work in the real world you’re not…
The first two paragraphs of the thought below deserve a content note for violence and fat hatred, though the rest doesn’t. Please protect yourself as needed. I got my first death wish this week. One of my anti-diet Facebook posts was apparently shared in a Facebook group for bodybuilders that spends some of their effort…
One vital skill I didn’t expect to develop so thoroughly as a photographer is the ability to read someone instantly upon meeting them and then tailor an entire session to not only their personal style, but their personality, the clothing they’ve brought, and any mobility needs or limitations they might have. It’s a process that…
Unlike mainstream stock image sites, we’ve got motives beyond profit margin. We want contributors to make a living wage too, so they get a stunning 50% profit share — twice what contributors get paid from sites like iStockPhoto. When you purchase images from Body Liberation Stock, you support the livelihood of marginalized artists and models….
One of the reasons my studio is located in my home: It gives me the ability to offer intimate, private spaces both indoors and outdoors. For Ms. J’s session, we took advantage of both kinds of spaces for lush, botanical photographs, starting with a sunny open space, then moving to leafy images that remind me…
Content note: Open bigotry; fatphobia in a medical and healthcare treatment setting. Image is Edvard Munch’s “The Scream.” “As I sit across from my 5’ 8” 350-pound client, I am filled with discomfort and fear. In the grip of my terror, I want to fix her, to make her healthy and to protect her from…
Imagine a (pre-COVID) concert hall, filled with a cheering, applauding crowd. Imagine a stage full of performers in bright colors and full voice. Imagine a marquee on the front of the hall, flashing brilliantly in the darkness with the words, LET’S TALK ABOUT FAT! And imagine that, as you skim that concert hall again in…
One of the factors of living in the Pacific Northwest is that the landscape tends to look like the Pacific Northwest — for better or worse. We tried three times (!) to have a sunny, summer beach photo shoot, and finally decided to roll with what Mother Nature gave us: low clouds, seaweed, chill, and…
“But what I find so interesting about this whole conversation and about trolls in general is they’re so quick to put the onus on individuals. It could be really alleviating and lift all this fear – I guess except for the fear of change – but it really could alleviate a lot of fear to…
Please stop asking us to describe our pain for your gain. You’re preparing a presentation for your colleagues, or your class, or your professional society on healthcare, Health at Every Size, or weight stigma. You want to include some stories of the harassment, bias, discrimination and hatred fat people face every day, but since you…
In a time of Facebook groups, Instagram threads and blog posts, many of us first encounter Health at Every Size (or HAES for short) and pick up some of its principles in online discussions. But when you’re ready to dig deeper, where should you go first? There are a thousand articles and thousands more blog…
Lyn at Century Massage and I partnered to produce a collection of stock photos focused on massage by and for people of color. It was a privilege to help represent women and men of color while also working with a massage therapist who’s helped me and my body personally. Century Massage is located in Renton,…
Eat the Rules (formerly Fearless Rebelle Radio) was at the top of my podcast speaking wishlist for years, and it was such an amazing opportunity to appear in episode 168 with Summer Innanen! In this episode, we chat about: My story of growing up without television and pop culture and how this shaped my body…
Anni Jyn is here to create art that might make you feel good about yourself, be kind to others or hopefully make you do a little laugh if the situation calls for it! Tell me about you! What’s your name? What pronouns do you use? Where do you live? What do you like to eat…
I was standing in the aisle between cubicles when I turned my back, gritted my teeth and said, rather shortly, “No, really, you can check the tag on my pants if you don’t believe me.” I’d made a casual comment about not being able to find black slacks that I liked, and a well-meaning but…
I got mentioned on The Mighty! How amazing is that? Check out the full article below.
Thekla Richter’s small business branding photography session was so much fun! The weather cooperated perfectly, which is rare for Seattle in November: a beautiful sunny day with air crisp enough to keep us from getting sweaty. Thekla (pronounced Tech-luh — I was dying to know, too) writes middle-grade fantasy books (ask her about the space…
When you live in a fat body, you live in a world where bodies like yours are so far outside the norm that they’re only used in media to send a message. A fat body is never just a fat body: It’s a symbol, and 99.5% of the time, a symbol of something negative. Video…
It can feel very isolating to be in a space — especially a space that claims to be body positive! — and hear all about how someone in a body much, much smaller than yours “feels fat” or “needs to lose weight.” That’s just one example of diet talk, which is so woven into our…
Market Your Business in the Body Love Box Reach your ideal customers quickly and easily! If your business is grounded in body positive, fat acceptance or health at every size (HAES) principles, including your marketing items in the Body Love Box is a great way to quickly and easily reach prospective customers who are aligned…
Portfolio I help fat people see themselves as beautiful and worthy through photographs that celebrate the unique beauty of bodies that fall outside conventional “beauty” standards. I fight weight stigma by giving fat people a safe place to explore how their bodies look on camera and by increasing the representation of fat bodies in photography,…
Recently, I talked a little bit about the risks of movement in a larger body. In Ms. H’s hula dance portraits, you can see that the reward for her taking that risk is a beautiful, skilled, graceful performance. Through her Instagram, Danielle Bex (@danielle.bex) also demonstrates daily how joyful movement can be. She often posts…
I am probably the last person who should be making sports analogies, because I’m also probably the least sporty person on earth. I was pretty good at dodgeball as a kid, and I’m not terrible at Dance Dance Revolution, but as far as team sports? “Lulz,” as the cool kids are saying these days. But…
