"Beauty Undefined” is an art exhibit debuting on March 2nd in New York City. Twenty international artists provide breathtaking pieces exploring the concept of womanhood, self-love, and beauty ideals. The artwork redefines feminine beauty and the female form. The collection was curated by Monica Watkins and...
Beauty and the female form are ever changing concepts: fluid ideas defined by society and culture. Once upon a time, a full and robust female figure was the most celebrated form of beauty and today, the media praises quite the opposite. In some African cultures,...
"'Beauty Undefined" explores the concept of womanhood and societal ideologies regarding beauty. This exhibition curated by Monica Watkins and Magda Love, of Beauty for Freedom, features the works of 20 international artists. Images of female beauty vary greatly across cultures and time as does what...
Photographer Erica Simone has long been fascinated with our relationship to the clothes we wear and how that choice acts as a primary tool for self-expression and it’s an idea she has explored in her recently published collection of photography by choosing to wear nothing...
Photographer Erica Simone isn't the first artist to make a splash sans clothes—just look at Milo Moiré, or for that matter, pioneers like Andrea Fraser and Carolee Schneemann—but that doesn't make the images that comprise her "Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen" project...
“Our fashion choices don’t just reflect who we are,” according to controversial photographer Erica Simone. “They segregate us into different social classes and make us self absorbed about our appearance and not personable, allowing the pieces of fabric to hide us and project our being...
For photographer Erica Simone, who walked naked among New York natives for six years shooting photos for her upcoming book, Nue York: Self-Portraits of a Bare Urban Citizen—published by Damiani and launching Jan. 14 at Castle Fitzjohns Gallery—the idea went deeper than shock value. Read the...
The Color of Freedom | Keep the Girls Safe campaign— a product of Beauty for Freedom, an anti-trafficking nonprofit founded by model Monica Watkins; Parsons the New School for Design; and Pamela Bell‘s activism-based design studio Prinkshop– aims to raise funds and spread awareness for...
Keep the Girls Safe by Emily Faber Imagine that you are a young girl. Now imagine that your parents have sold you to a brothel to make money. You live on a day-to-day basis trying to stay alive and hoping that one day you will be able to...
Begin Transmission Art Show by Emily Faber Brooklyn, New York is a place that is bursting with amazing artists! It’s not unusual for people to go out on the weekend and spend a few hours at various studios causally partaking in what is known as “gallery hopping”. Arriving at...