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24 August 2006

Century Century is a chronological series of nude photographic portraits of women from the moment of birth through one hundred years of age ,[nsfw].

post by: Miko at: 19:12 | 12 comments

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posted by Miko 24 August | 19:18

Captured in one work.

posted by orthogonality 24 August | 19:19

How are the pictures of the minors okay? I know they're not there for the purpose of child pornography, but still, is this legal?

posted by amro 24 August | 19:24

You can find the photographer's own thoughts on that subject if you dig deeper into the site. Seems the pictures stir up little controversy.

posted by WolfDaddy 24 August | 19:27

What a find. Perhaps not the underage ones, though even they were poignant in their way. But all the women were beautiful, and their statements moving. Thank you for this.

posted by redvixen 24 August | 19:32

It's kind of terrifying what a high proportion of mastectomies there are in those pictures - brings the statistics home.

posted by mygothlaundry 24 August | 19:44

These are great, thanks Miko. It's weird how squicked out I feel looking at pictures of little naked girls, though I know my parents have a ton of these pictures lying around my Mom's house.

I swim at a local college pool and one of the interesting things about that is getting to spend a lot of time showering with naked little old ladies. This is doubly interesting because a lot of them are the same old ladies that I teach computer classes to.

posted by jessamyn 24 August | 19:48

Those pictures really moved me, especially Jesse, Isabel, and Else.

posted by muddgirl 24 August | 19:53

I love naked women. All sizes, all colors, all types. Thanks.

posted by jonmc 25 August | 07:47

I saw an exhibition, years ago, in college, of this set of photos. Even better in person, and in the company of an audience. Also heard the photographer lecture about his goals and methods and whatnot to an audience that was about half art students and half womens studies students, and that was... interesting.

posted by box 25 August | 08:33

These are beautiful, Miko... thanks for the link. What a great project. Powerful, moving. The piece about the photographer's own mother, Else, had me in tears. I'd like to send him a little money. (His address is on the site.) I admire his devotion.

posted by Pips 25 August | 08:37

Thanks Miko. I am tattoo free, mostly for professional (acting) reasons, but I always, since the first time I saw it, have known in my heart, that if I ever lost a breast, I would not reconstruct, but tattoo the scar and the loss. Wonderful project.

posted by rainbaby 25 August | 17:43

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