The Adipositivity Project

My subjects are unapologetic nude fat people, volunteer participants in my fat liberation photo-activism campaign the Adipositivity Project. The mission of my work is to combat sizeist bigotry and weight-related misinformation, to promote recognition of an individual’s body autonomy and critical thinking about the role of commerce in medical science reportage, and to encourage enlightened discussion of body politics, particularly as relates to those with non-conforming bodies. This is done through various written and spoken forms, but primarily with photography, subverting this tool commonly used in promoting body shame, and using it instead to demystify the fat body and give it the respect and visibility too often denied it by the media and popular culture. The message is to love and respect your body, and to allow others to love and respect their own.