Angelika Buettner is known internationally for her photography work with beauty and fashion brands. As she made her way through her career, she felt inspired to create a project highlighting women who fell outside of the very narrow depiction of female beauty dictated by the commercial world. The result was “I AM: Celebrating The Perfect Imperfect” a project 7 years in the making, which collects nude profiles of over 100 women. In our discussion, she shares how the book came together, what the public response was like, and whether it would be possible to undertake a similar project now. We also discuss some of the philosophical concept around art, beauty, and their relationship with the human body.
Links to useful information and items mentioned in this episode:
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- Angelika Buettner, Photographer
- I AM – The Movement
- Painting by Gustave Courbet “L’Origine du monde” from 1866
- Domaine Aari Ona, Angelika’s guesthouse in the Pyrenees
Photo: the book: I AM, Celebrating the Perfect Imperfect
Episode CLXXII
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