An artist has photographed a series of women with unshaven armpits in a bid to challenge the beauty industry’s “brainwashing” that smooth skin is sexy.
London-based artist Ben Hopper recruited eight women – including models, designers, actresses and his friends – to pose for his project entitled “Natural Beauty” seven years ago.
He has now released the first official set of images to the Huffington Post hoping to highlight that “a woman’s beauty and her armpit hair are in no way mutually exclusive”.
“I think armpit hair can be a beautiful look,” he said. “I don’t want to say that I want women to start growing their armpit hair. I just think that it’s a possibility and people shouldn’t dismiss it. I’d like people to just question beauty standards.”
Designer Alessandra Kurr. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Fashion student and model Olivia Murphy. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Producer Ruby Bird. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Graduate architecture student Ayan Mohamed. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Actress Cassia Tsura. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Actress Emilia Bostdt. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Actress and model Rakel Lindgren. Photography by Ben Hopper.
Model Slant Array. Photography by Ben Hopper.
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