Kelsey Michelle Photography @kelsey-michelle - Tumblr Blog

Just wanted to say your self portraits are amazing and should be an inspiration for so many women. Keep up the amazing work!

Thank you so much! That’s very kind of you to say.

I look at your pictures and your body and can't help but think of how gorgeous every inch of you is! You and I are roughly the same body type, however when I look at myself all I see is fat and stretch marks. I honestly hate my body, but blogs like yours are truly inspiring, and make me want to love myself.

Aw thank you! Honestly, there are things I still don’t like about my body, but when I look at the photographs I take I see something beautiful. I hope you can find a way to appreciate your body and see the beauty in it!

My self-portraits explore my feeling that my body is too much; taking up too much space, too big to be attractive. For years I suffered from an eating disorder, obsessed with losing weight. Now in my photographs, I am reclaiming my body by taking up space in the frame. I felt locked in the cage that was my body. In my photographs the cage is represented by the edges of the frame and I am breaking out of it. I show my body stretching to the corners of the photograph, not letting myself crumple and submit to the passive female form.

Kelsey Michelle, 2015

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My self-portraits explore my feeling that my body is too much; taking up too much space, too big to be attractive. For years I suffered from an eating disorder, obsessed with losing weight. Now in my photographs, I am reclaiming my body by taking up space in the frame. I felt locked in the cage that was my body. In my photographs the cage is represented by the edges of the frame and I am breaking out of it. I show my body stretching to the corners of the photograph, not letting myself crumple and submit to the passive female form.

Kelsey Michelle, 2015

#artists on tumblr #photographers on tumblr #body positive #body acceptance #self portrait #woman #diptych #skin #self #body #kelsey michelle #kelsey michelle photo

My self-portraits explore my feeling that my body is too much; too massive, taking up too much space, too big to be attractive. For years I suffered from an eating disorder, obsessed with losing weight. Now in my photographs, I am reclaiming my body by taking up space in the frame. As my eating disorder became more severe, I ended up feeling locked in the cage that was my body. In my photographs the cage is represented by the edges of the frame and I am breaking out of it. I show my body stretching to the corners of the photograph, not letting myself crumple and submit to the passive female form.

Kelsey Michelle, 2015

#artists on tumblr #photographers on tumblr #body acceptance #body positive #self #body #woman #skin #stretch marks #self portrait #love your body #kelsey michelle #kelsey michelle photo

Hi, I just want to thank everyone for the support over the past few months. I’ve gotten some of the sweetest messages ever and I’m trying to keep answering them! I’ve been super busy lately + wiped out by a cold, but there will be new updates soon!

xx

Kelsey

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This photograph is part of my series, “Becoming,” which explores the process of figuring out who I am and finding worth in my body through self-portraiture. I have lived most of my life hiding because of my size. In return, I have not cultivated a true sense of self, but just consisted of reflections of others. Now I am starting to create a life as a young woman, which consists of accepting myself, physically and mentally.

Kelsey Michelle, 2014

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This photograph is part of my series, “Becoming,” which explores the process of figuring out who I am and finding worth in my body through self-portraiture. I have lived most of my life hiding because of my size. In return, I have not cultivated a true sense of self, but just consisted of reflections of others. Now I am starting to create a life as a young woman, which consists of accepting myself, physically and mentally.

Kelsey Michelle, 2014

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The Beginning, 2014.

By Kelsey Michelle

This photograph is the start of my series, “Becoming,” which explores the process of figuring out who I am and finding worth in my body through self-portraiture. I have lived most of my life hiding, and in return I have not cultivated a true sense of self, but just consisted of reflections of others. Now I am starting to create a life as a young woman, which consists of accepting myself as I am physically and mentally.