Photographer Anthony Patrick Manieri set out to help change culture but has seen the project himself personally.
In his ongoing multipart project Arrested Movement, photographer Anthony Patrick Manieri hopes to move the needle on body image awareness around the male form. With a history of work in fashion and portrait photography, Manieri set to create an inclusive awareness initiative and portrait series that celebrates and promotes positive body image for men. that inclusion is not only race, but body shape and type, gender and sexuality, age, and more. As he revealed in our interview though, while he has seen the impacts of the project on those he has shot, he's also felt a difference internally as well.
Here we speak to Anthony Patrick Manieri about the intent of Arrested Movement, the impact of mainstream 'body ideals,' and what's next. These questions are accompanied by a small selection of his work from the series.
