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"I think the world—especially the western one—forgot what Beauty really is. Quest For Beauty is an actual quest around the globe to rediscover the meaning of this magical word. A Journey that, through different cultures, will hopefully remind us to find acceptance and pride in the way we look and to love ourselves for who we are. Our uniqueness is, in my opinion, the best asset we have and there's nothing more beautiful than being our beautifully unique selves!"
A quest always begins with a question...
I had been working as a fashion photographer for about 3 years when I started to feel torn inside. I had recently noticed that more and more of my (beautiful) friends were constantly saying horrible things about their bodies and the way they looked—I had been guilty of that myself many times actually— and I slowly began to realize that it was my fault! With the kind of work I was producing, I was contributing to set very unrealistic Beauty standards that made my friends, myself and countless other women suffer. [Emotionally, psychologically and sometime even physically—coming from a background in the dance world i witnessed battles with eating disorders first hand].
I did a lot of soul searching and came to understand that I wanted to put my photography skills to use for something good, something to make women feel good about themselves and make up for the damage I had done. I wanted to show how beautiful every woman is.
I started asking myself questions, one in particular wouldn't leave me alone:
"What is Beauty?"
I had to find out. So I decided to go on a quest...a Quest for Beauty!
...So In October 2015 I started solo traveling the world, photographing and interviewing everyday women immersed in their everyday life in order to find out what Beauty means to them, and to eventually rediscover and redefine the meaning of the...
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