The Nude Project

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Time to BREAK THROUGH!

On my desk there's a book of <<Desk-Top Mood Maker>>, it says: 

Take a risk! Do something different!

I am been eagerly crying for a break through and then my 27th birthday came... 

What have I done for the past 27 years??? 

The flame inside my heart keep burning and burning everytime when I attend church service, 

I am just desperate so so so desperate for a break through! 

So after my birthday, I told my boyfriend my plan of  nude photography and he shall be the photographer. He is extremely supportive to any of my projects which I can't find that in anyone else. Before the first nude photo shooting session in our house, he murmured:

" Am I ready to let the world see my partner's naked photo?" 

Come on babe, it's just a nude photo! 

We were worrying how my family and friends or those who know me would react to my nude photos. But the reason I want to do this project is to break through myself, 

and everyone else's mindset - this is not a PORNOGRAPHY. 

Growing up in an Asian background, we often get "excited" and over react towards nudity.

On the contrary, nudity is a very common subject in western culture. 

Why can't I do this? 

I am just a normal person who live a normal life
if I care what my friends and family would think of me,.

I am so gonna do this and I don't care what others would comment about my big butt 

and fat cellulite legs, this is me! The real me! 

There is nothing else to be afraid of in this world after doing this project, 

because I need to break through for myself, and not anyone else.

My boyfriend gave me a very good encouragement on my nude project :

And when the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; 

and they sewed fig leaves together, 

made themselves aprons. 

Genesis 3:7

That's the idea. Before Adam and Eve ate the fruit from the tree of knowledge, 

they had no shame for their naked body. 

Sometimes, are our eyes opened too wide to see and accept everything 

that is interpreted by the media? 

Why are we so ashamed of our own body and comparing every part of ourselves with others? 

Why do some people over reacted towards nudity? 

Why do some people interpret nude as the most unacceptable thing in the world?   

After all, nude photography is not as easy as it seems. 

How to show the aesthetic value in my poses when I am not wearing anything? 

How to capture the best angle to bring out my message in each photo?

I am just hoping we can get back to basic - 

on how we see things in the world with no stereotype or judgement.