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Where there are no bad hair days!
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This is a call out to all women with some hair down there.
If that's not you, please keep reading. I have a questions for you, too.
As most of you know, I've been working on the vagina vérité® project for some time now. To date, I've made 83 v-portraits. I'm looking to complete photography for the book and get it published. To do that, I need your help.
When I look over the v-portraits [they are all installed on my living room walls, proud, unabashed and each unique!] it seems to me that there is an absence of HAIR.
I have nothing to base this on. I just expected there to be more hair.
From the beginning vagina vérité® has been about seeing what is and questioning our expectations of what should be. That continues to be the core of the project.
So, rather than sticking with my assumptions, I'm asking you:
- for women with hair down there, would you like to make a v-portrait?
- for all women, what's your v-style?
- for everyone, where would I post a request like this? got any ideas on how to spread the word about the project, and in particular about this call for hair?
On making a v-portrait: I do feel that women with hair down there are under-represented. If you're interested in making a v-portrait, contact me via this form and I'll fill you in on what's involved in a
photo session. They take place in Manhattan, midtown eastside and take
an hour or so.
What's your v-style? Part of the project is our v-stories, shared at vaginaverite.com via questionnaires. Fill out, or read others' responses to, the v-style questionnaire: brazilian * bikini * the sphynx™* decorative * The
London, or how about semi-permanent hair dyes you apply with a mascara-type wand...so many choices! What's your v-style?
Spreading the word. You never know until you ask, right? I could not think of an appropriate place to post this, but maybe you can! Reply to this email with your ideas. Or, if you'd like to go one-to-one via email, you can use the "Forward email" link below. It does not sign your friends up for the mail list. This is an opt-in list. Your friends would only receive the email you forward.
THANK YOU all for your participation in this unabashed exploration of the plain, ordinary, mysterious matter of the vagina.
Feel free to contact me about any aspect of this project.
Sincerely,
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about Alexandra Jacoby
A self-taught painter and photographer, Alexandra Jacoby is not a vagina expert. The vagina vérité® project was born out of a conversation with a friend about what their vaginas looked like, and how they compared to other vaginas. As there was no visual reference available, Jacoby set about creating vulva portraits. Jacoby has made 83 v-portraits, organized and participated in solo and group exhibitions, held salons, established a companion website, and produced two Vagina Festivals - visual and performance art weekend experiences in NYC. She plans to publish a book of the images, and to exhibit widely. The website, vaginaverite.com, includes over 1000 pages of questionnaire-responses and has received over 2.6 million visitors. Jacoby's underlying aspiration is to create spaces for conversation: about our bodies, self-image, sexuality, health and wellbeing. |
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visit vaginaverite.com
 vagina vérité® celebrates individuality and the beauty of all women... More >>enen... |
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seeking a space
Got any recommendations?
I'm looking to exhibit the v-portraits in a space that will hold about 100 people, and give us plenty of room for viewing and conversation.
Target date: Oct 2009
When I look over the v-walls in my living room, I am moved by just how interesting we all are. You really have to see it. I look forward to exhibiting widely! Read about previous exhibitions >>
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how it started
One day, out of the blue, a friend of mine asked me if I liked the way
my vagina looked. Apropos nothing. Did I like the way my vagina looked?
As I answered, I realized that I had never really taken a good
look at my vagina, and that, other than a bit of porn, I hadn't
actually seen any other women's vaginas. Read on >>
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