For Charlotte area readers

I met a dynamic photographer last month who is working on an interesting project in our area.  Consider it an artsy, local version of learning how to look good naked!  Here is what Ginger originally told me about her project:   These are fully nude sessions with women who don’t like aspects of their bodies, and we collaborate on a session that helps them focus on how beautiful their bodies really are.  One of my favorite comments after a session (before she’d even seen her images) was a woman who told me “That process was worth 1,000 spa treatments!  It made me appreciate my body in a whole new way!” 

Interested in taking part?  Here’s the scoop from Ginger: 

I’m looking for women ages 18-110 with interesting bodies, REAL bodies, natural bodies!  Different ethnic backgrounds, etc.  Models will be paid $15/hr (sessions typically run 2 hours) or may opt for 3  8×10 photographer’s choice portraits from their session (a $225 value!)  All models will need to sign a model release.  I’m having the hardest time especially finding older models (50+) and models with darker skin…

Anyone who is interested in participating can email/mail me the following:

• ONE photo only (must’ve been taken within the past year)
• contact information 
• indicate if they are willing to have their face in the finished art piece  
• a paragraph about what she LOVES about her body and anything she struggles with or doesn’t like… I don’t just mean “my thighs” … I want to hear WHY you don’t like your thighs and what do your likes and dislikes about your body represent?   Spiritually, emotionally, philosophically, socially… this may take a few minutes, but it will REALLY help us make an incredibly meaningful experience for the photograph and contribute to an incredibly powerful exhibit also!!!

ginger@photosynth.com  or Ginger Wagoner, Photosynthesis, Inc.,  1117 Harding Place, Charlotte NC  28204