Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes
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Women En Large: Images of Fat Nudes by Laurie Toby Edison
, with text by Debbie Notkin, was published in 1994 by Books in Focus. The book is the first fine-art photography book of nudes of fat women. It contains 41 black-and-white photographs and two essays by Notkin, plus an artist's statement by Edison and an assortment of work (poetry, songs, quotations) by the women in the photographs. The book precedes Leonard Nimoy
's Full Body Project by 13 years.
Tracy Young, reviewing the book in Allure magazine, said, "Like painter Lucian Freud
's monumental nudes of performance artist Leigh Bowery
... the nude women in Women En Large have a certain majesty, the unabashedness of Henry Moore
sculptures. They have escaped. And they're enough to convince you that clothes, not flesh, are what makes fat people look diminished."
Photographs from Women En Large have been shown in New York, Tokyo, Kyoto, Toronto, Boston, London, St. Petersburg, and San Francisco.
Laurie Toby Edison
Laurie Toby Edison is an internationally exhibited portrait photographer. Her three suites of photographs include a series of nudes of fat women, a series of nudes of a very diverse cross-section of men, and a series of clothed portraits of women living in Japan...
, with text by Debbie Notkin, was published in 1994 by Books in Focus. The book is the first fine-art photography book of nudes of fat women. It contains 41 black-and-white photographs and two essays by Notkin, plus an artist's statement by Edison and an assortment of work (poetry, songs, quotations) by the women in the photographs. The book precedes Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Nimoy
Leonard Simon Nimoy is an American actor, film director, poet, musician and photographer. Nimoy's most famous role is that of Spock in the original Star Trek series , multiple films, television and video game sequels....
's Full Body Project by 13 years.
Tracy Young, reviewing the book in Allure magazine, said, "Like painter Lucian Freud
Lucian Freud
Lucian Michael Freud, OM, CH was a British painter. Known chiefly for his thickly impasted portrait and figure paintings, he was widely considered the pre-eminent British artist of his time...
's monumental nudes of performance artist Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery was an Australian performance artist, club promoter, actor, pop star, model and fashion designer, based in London. Bowery is considered one of the more influential figures in the 1980s and 1990s London and New York art and fashion circles influencing a generation of artists and...
... the nude women in Women En Large have a certain majesty, the unabashedness of Henry Moore
Henry Moore
Henry Spencer Moore OM CH FBA was an English sculptor and artist. He was best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art....
sculptures. They have escaped. And they're enough to convince you that clothes, not flesh, are what makes fat people look diminished."
Photographs from Women En Large have been shown in New York, Tokyo, Kyoto, Toronto, Boston, London, St. Petersburg, and San Francisco.