This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes | 
 enlarge | Author: Rosanne Olson
Publisher: Artisan
Category: Book
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Media: Hardcover
Pages: 116
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Dimensions (in): 11.1 x 7.6 x 0.8
ISBN: 1579653634
Dewey Decimal Number: 155.333
EAN: 9781579653637
ASIN: 1579653634
Publication Date: April 1, 2008
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Product Description
Fifty-four portraits of women that are striking, beautiful, and real. The bodies in this book have been shaped by the full sweep of the feminine experience.
They belong to 54 women from all over the country, ages 19 to 95, of all sizes and shapes, ethnicities, and life experiences, who were willing to expose their naked physical forms in This Is Who I Am. They are ordinary women only in the sense that none is a professional model. They are in all other ways extraordinary—courageous, curious, thoughtful, speaking unflinchingly about their bodies, then allowing themselves to be photographed to inspire other women to make peace with their physical selves, "to glorify the real beauty of all women."
Certainly, the feminine nude form is not new to artists and photographers. But the portraits in This Is Who I Am, taken by award-winning photographer Rosanne Olson, with a steady, unjudgmental eye, speak loudly to the American obsession of feminine perfection—slim hips and full breasts, high cheekbones and tiny waists, taut skin and eternal youth—and even more loudly to the way real women, with real bodies and real lives, look.
By turns tender, personal, and moving, this tribute to contemporary womanhood is the perfect gift for mothers to give to daughters, daughters to cousins, cousins to friends.
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Five stars aren't enough June 28, 2008
Jeanne M. Fielding (Virginia, USA)
"I think if people are graceful and have some peace within them, then they are beautiful." Ellen, 52 (page 108)
Rosanne Olsen's book, This Is Who I Am is an absolute must read.* The pages are filled with women, each beautiful and courageous, and their thoughts about bodies and beauty. Every woman's story resonates in me. "I could have written that." "That was me." "That is me." "Will that be me?"
This book is a reflection of me. Of every woman.
I have yet to meet a woman who is completely in love with herself, her body, her being. The women in Ms. Olsen's book are no different.
And yet, their words are inspiring. Full of hope as they each strive for peace.
While each woman's words echoed in me, the most profound statement which sums up the theme of this book came from Jami, a wise woman at 19, "Perfection is a myth." (page 69)
Perfection most definitely is a myth. Beauty is found in the imperfections. In the wrinkles and cracks, scars and sags. It's in these "blemishes" that our uniqueness lies. Our uniqueness is what makes us beautiful. Each and every one of us.
Rosanne Olsen celebrates this uniqueness in the pages of this book. Her skill with the camera captured each woman's soul with gentleness and respect. The women glowed from the pages, making their words come alive. I could hear each woman speak to me, through their eyes, their expressions, their body positions.
I found myself talking to these women.
To Rae Ellen, 59 (page 56), who described her attempts to lose weight over the years, I cried, "You're beautiful just as you are! Stop the dieting cycle. Stop the yoyo!"
To LaRae, 25 (page 58), when I read, "Maybe I can inspire women everywhere to love themselves, no matter their size, naked or clothed," I shouted, "ROCK ON!"
To Susan, 48 (page 86), who wrote "It frustrates me that this is a lifetime challenge: the tongue versus the chin, the taste buds versus the circumference of my thighs." I moaned, "No! I refuse to believe that it has to be that way. I refuse to believe that one has to choose deprivation to be healthy."
The women in This Is Who I Am are powerful. Each is amazing. It is only fitting that Ms. Olsen chose to end this book with Maya Angelou's poem, "Phenomenal Woman." Each of these women are indeed phenomenal. I applaud their courage in showing themselves to the world - emotionally and physically.
I applaud Rosanne Olsen for her bravery. For showing to the world that beauty is inside each and every one of us.
Outstanding publication June 25, 2008
Cadomi (Alabama)
Every woman should have a copy of this book. She then needs to share it with her children, grandhcildren, nieces, friends' children ... The photography is incredible and the personal reflections are poignant, timeless and moving. I purchased five additional copies as gifts. My only regret is I'm not in it!
Fantastic Book! May 31, 2008
Cassi
This is a beautiful book. The stories that go along with the pictures are inspiring.
This Is Who I Am May 27, 2008
M. Rushton
What a piece of work to truely inspire women and men alike. This shows it's not WHAT we are but WHO we are that really counts. We all have issues and although we look a little different on the outside , we all struggle with things to be overcome! Already thinking of "Who else can I give this to?".
Self esteem book May 18, 2008
Rae Ellen Holman (Seattle, WA USA)
Absolutely beautifully done "coffee table book" of photographs & quotes by women of all ages & sizes & stories to illustrate the media models of perfection are not NORMAL!
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