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Written by Rahim The Photographer   

Photography evokes a deep passion historical treasures or artifacts and peaks a historical curiosity towards untold stories.  A photo is a ‘freeze frame’ of a real life events, objects and people.  A curiosity exists to discover the entire untold story. Documenting these stories inspires an obsession about reliving the past through the photograph.

ImageI am a glamour photographer.  Western culture manipulates men, women, youth and old alike into believing they are too fat or socially unacceptable while at the same time shoving fast food, extreme make-overs, crash diets and pills down their throats.  I'm ashamed of being a consumer.  I'm ashamed to find beauty in these things.  I am disgusted that it is acceptable to hate ones self to the point of causing physical and emotional harm with encouragement from their own peers and families.  I became a victim of my own hypercritical short sightedness; not tall enough, handsome enough, or skinny enough.

With my camera, I feel empowered with the ability to do something about it.  The most gratifying subjects I work with are everyday people.  Not professional models; beautiful for who they are, what they represent, and how they think.  I find their beauty and expose it through my art.  With that I am able to accept my own perception of myself.  It is my obligation to show the world that the rest of us are beautiful, if not more seductive.

 
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