This is the eleventh installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Justice McCartney. Body Diversity and the struggle of acceptance. The day I was born I had a lump. It was the size of a grapefruit and it was because I had a…
This is the tenth installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet David Hammerberg. When I was told about the project, I contacted Richard after a period of consideration. Although I usually don’t mind being on either side of the camera, having the chance…
This is the ninth installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Victor Loo (a/k/a Victoria Victor). The Capacity of an Individual is not Measured by Size! Victor Loo aka Victoria Victor (www.facebook.com/victorloovictoriavictor) is originally from Singapore, a metropolitan city. And yet being gay,…
This is the eighth installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Mary Flake. Body Diversity Exhibit, happened by chance. My wife, Aretha Alexander, was having her photo taken by Richard Woods for this SOSea forum. I thought that I was coming along for…
This is the seventh installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Jeffrey Hedgepeth. I have never had serious issues with my body. Okay, I have always wanted to be taller, and have more body hair and a slightly larger penis. Being double-jointed would…
This is the sixth installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Aretha Alexander. When I first read the post on Facebook asking for models for the Body Diversity project, I was a bit curious to say the least. I did answer the ad…
This is the fifth installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Kelsey Hart. I have struggled with my weight pretty much my entire life. I got to a point in my life where I just accepted the fact that I would never be…
This is the fourth installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Dave Wheeler. The first thing I notice about my body are the bones. Some days they’re the only thing. My proportions feel like they’ve been the same since I was thirteen….
This is the third installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Mark Finley. What can I say about my body? I’ve had ‘issues’ with it my entire life. For starters it spurted up faster than most: I’ve been 6’2” since sixth grade. After…
This is the second installment of the Body Diversity Stories from the models who participated in the Social Outreach Seattle Body Diversity Project. Meet Fraya Love. Well to be perfectly honest, just like every other red blooded American, I have body image issues. I was a bit of a husky kid but never really noticed until…
This is the first of the Body Diversity series stories I will be posting. These stories accompany the Body Diversity exhibit. Over the next couple weeks I’ll be sharing many of the stories of each of the models in the exhibit and how their stories came through in the photograph. Meet Mikkel Prim. There I…
On April 30, 2013, kapchur.us photography was featured at a presentation about the topic of Body Diversity being put on by Social Outreach Seattle (SOSea). Richard Wood, over a month and a half time period and with the assistance of other SOSea members, assembled a mix of 25 models to compile 23 different photographic art…
Your friends and family love being your models! (First one is my sister, Brenda and the next two are my fiance, Cody)
What a great pleasure it is to document a child’s first experiences in this wonderful world. So precious, so pure, glowing with life and untainted enthusiasm for a life of happiness and perfection. Proud parents Monica Guzman & Jason Preston are happily at home catching winks whenever possible, but with such a perfect baby, I…
