Women En Large
Images of Fat Nudes
“The photographs of Laurie Toby Edison ... are sublime black-and-white essays on the beauty of the human body that are also a protest against preconceived images of beauty that discriminate against those who don’t fit the bill.”
— Mary Gallant, Asahi Evening News
Familiar Men
A Book of Nudes
“Masculinity is far more exquisite and fine than femininity. Women can count on the astounding elasticity they have built into femininity. Only with serious, sustained effort can a woman rupture it. The delicate filigree structure of masculinity, in contrast, splinters at the slightest strain.”
— Jaime Cortez
Women of Japan
“I had to face the features in the picture. I was ready to see how aging would unavoidably affect my looks. ...Here I am, standing in front of the closed gate with my arms outspread. ... What am I defending and from what? What am I facing? Could I have taken alternative ways?”
— Hiroko Hagiwara