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Source: https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/438306/cover

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peluda

Olivia Policarpo

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I am a british-brazilian photographer. My practice mainly focuses on personal experience, with text being central to my practice. Dabbling between film and digital, I strive to recreate feelings present in certain aspects of my life, with the hopes these feelings will resonate with others.

I am a british-brazilian photographer. My practice mainly focuses on personal experience, with te...

College London College of Communication

Course BA (Hons) Photojournalism and Documentary Photography

Graduation year 2023

‘ peluda ’ is a visual documentation of my personal relationship with body hair. By using self-portraiture and diaristic writing, the narrative of my journey reclaims my personal experiences navigating my body hair.

The project title ‘ peluda ’, a word in Brazilian Portuguese is used to describe a hairy woman but excludes the hair on her head. The personification of my body hair allows the relationship to be visualised, through the medium of self-portraiture with the accompaniment of diaristic writing. ‘ peluda ’ is a documentation of the love-hate relationship one can have with their body hair, and how beauty standards can jeopardise this relationship. The theme I have chosen to explore within my work is the taboo of body hair for women within western beauty standards. I have created hair-infused ink by using strands of my own hair and a burning process, which is featured in my book.

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‘peluda’ is a visual documentation of my personal relationship with body hair. By using self-portraiture and diaristic writing, the narrative of my journey reclaims my personal experiences navigating my body hair.  The project title ‘p...

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## Official page
- https://ualshowcase.arts.ac.uk/project/438306/cover

## External
- https://www.instagram.com/shotby.olive
- https://oliviapolicarpo.cargo.site/
- https://portfolio-tools.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/19185517/the-book-3.pdf
- https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fualshowcase.arts.ac.uk%2Fproject%2F438306%2Fcover&text=peluda
- https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fualshowcase.arts.ac.uk%2Fproject%2F438306%2Fcover&media=https%3A%2F%2Fportfolio-tools.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2023%2F05%2F19185805%2FIMG_6293.jpg&description=peluda