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# Project Description peluda Olivia Policarpo Summary Final work 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. Final work Share this project ‘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... A link to this page has been added to your clipboard Browse related work Being Human Body Gender Identity Beauty Body BodyImage Femininity Feminism Hair Women
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