turkina faso

An extract from the essay: Behind the curated exteriors lie deeper complexities: the body that requires work but offers no guaranteed happiness in return; the body praised for fitting the mould, but still not at peace; the body taught to hide or to perform, depending on upbringing, culture, and trauma. In this visual story, I explore the layered vulnerability of being undressed in a public yet intimate space — a place that seems safe but is never entirely free from scrutiny. It is about the female body as a site of power, beauty, labour, exposure, violence, control, and politics. It is never just a body. Who decides how it should look? Who owns it — the woman or the world around her? These questions are never far from our subconscious, replaying quietly in mirrors, in glances, in silence. How do I look? How should I look? Who am I doing this for? This is not a study of appearance, but of perception. Of interior lives seen through exterior shells. Of public intimacy.