Each and every image here is used with absolute permission. At the heart of this project is respect – respect for self and my respect for the women who are brave enough to take this step. I do honor to them by allowing them to choose which images, if any, are posted for the public.

Yes, I have done some editing in Photoshop, to turn the images into art. But no, I have not made them thinner, removed anything that is supposed to be there, or turned them into something they are not. All you see here is shadows, light, cropping, color. But hopefully it’s black and white – these are the Real Women. Just as they are.