These have never been posted online, although i did post some other public nude images that i did throughout the project.
The final project consists of 6 images, 5 are shown above, the 5th is a girl in the gym.. but her boob is showing- click my Flickr link and you can see it there.
I had limited time for each shot. Keep in mind these are all in VERY public places, most had other people around and watching as well. The models can get arrested for this. In fact, there is a photograher by the name of Zach Hyman who did a similar project but not with "day to day" actitivities. He had his models posing in the subway and even in the Moma! 2 of them were arrested for indecent exposure, funnily enough his set is entitled "decent exposures." There were other cool images that i may use in the future, but i selected the best 6 for this set. I won 2 awards for it and it was accepted into the Lowe Museum. Pretty excited. Now that i've put them online i'm hoping the series gets more exposure hopefully to be accepted into other galleries!
The point behind this project is to represent America's perspective of nudity only being acceptable behind closed doors, along with the media shaping people (specifically women) to feel a social norm of how we should look and being afraid of showing skin.
Here is the artist statement if you're up for a short read.
In a society where nakedness is a controversial topic, it becomes difficult for people to feel content in their own skin. Imagine a world where clothing was optional. A world where no one would judge you based on your physical attributes. A world where the media does not shape a social “norm.
Western culture embodies freedoms of all kind. The First Amendment to the United States Constitution protects individuals to practice their own forms of self-expression, as long as no one is harmed. People can rally and march for what they believe in. However, if this were to be done for nudity, #*## sapiens’ natural form, everyone would be arrested. Why is it so offensive?
Laundry Day is a project that moves nudity from behind closed doors into the public eye. Women specifically receive the most pressure from media to look a certain way. The constant demand of a “perfect