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Photographer Challenges the social norms of beauty

April 18, 2014 by Archived posts 608 Comments

By Erica Wong |Staff Writer| We live in a society where women punish themselves in painful ways in an attempt to conform to an external definition of beauty and sex appeal. London-based photographer, Ben Hopper, has started a campaign to challenge our typical standards of beauty by creating a photo series consisting of a diverse group of models, actresses, and friends. Society has convinced us that women in their natural state are ugly and unclean. Hopper aims to highlight a woman’s beauty through displaying their underarm hair, reminding us that these two are in no way mutually exclusive. These striking images cause a lot of mixed reactions, but Hopper’s whole concept of this … [Read more...] about Photographer Challenges the social norms of beauty

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Beauty, beauty industry, Ben Hopper, double standard, grooming, natural beauty, societal norms, underarm hair

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