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Why One Man Is Documenting The Tattooed Bodies Infiltrating Mainstream Fashion

Modeling isn’t really about self-expression. In fact, posing for a commercial photo might be one of the easiest ways to suppress your individuality. You’re told how to pose, and how to look appealing. Often, you’re Photoshopped to look inhumanly gorgeous.

“Over the past few years I started to notice that the models who worked in front of my camera had changed from being fresh-faced and clean-cut, blank canvases, to the sort of models usually referred to as alternative.”

These are beautiful.