Laurie Toby Edison

Photographer

photo from Women En Large photo from Familiar Men photo from Women of Japan

Women En Large

Images of Fat Nudes

“The nude women of Women En Large have a certain majesty, the unabashedness of Henry Moore sculptures. They have escaped. And they ... convince you that clothes, not flesh, are what make fat people look diminished.”

— Tracy Young, Allure


Familiar Men

A Book of Nudes

“As far back as I can remember, I’d always known that Real Men don’t really have asses. They walk all seized up, or run the risk of being accused of being a wimp or a faggot. It made my back hurt and it made my soul hurt, just so I could try to be a Real Man.”

— Charlie Glickman


Women of Japan

The Models’ Words

モデルの言葉

“To complete Women of Japan, I need not only to take more photographs, but also to present my slides to many communities, and discuss with a wide variety of Japanese audiences how they see the work, how they want women of Japan to be represented in the photographs, and what material is appropriate for the accompanying texts.”

— Laurie Toby Edison