Created 8-Mar-11
Modified 8-Mar-11
Visitors 131
54 photos
“The belly project was an idea I had one morning over coffee. I realised you rarely see the belly being “used” by the media in the way that the more obvious body parts are. Tits and ass have been inflated and drained of their uniqueness a long time ago. And so I wanted to explore this intimate region not truly exploited by the media, a part of us that we find very personal and private – the belly. I set out to ask total strangers to spontaneously expose themselves to me. What I found is an individual’s character comes across in the unconscious gesture they make in the act of revealing their belly. The bellies portraits reveal someone’s personality in a way a traditional portrait wouldn’t. I was asking complete strangers to bear themselves to me and what I was getting in return was nervousness, shyness, brazenness and boldness that was surprising. I found mood and character in unexpected places. Your belly say a lot about the way you’ve chosen to live your life and people are often reluctant to show that - I go to the gym every day, I sit on the sofa all day eating chips, I’m pregnant and I feel confident enough to show it to you every day. Even if people said no to a photo of their bellies everyone laughed and loved the idea!This is a collection of the most sexy, funny, brilliant, beautiful, characterful and odd bellies I photographed.” Anthony Epes
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