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Photographer Martina Holmberg

/ A_Skal / B_Fade to Black / C_Väsen / D_Conidae / E_Hanseman / F_Mayfly / G_In a WoMAN's World / H_Qaanaaq-Greenland / I_Portrait / J_Slideshow

In this project, I examine the body and our appearance in relation to norms and the times we live in, based on a Western context.

About thirty people with different appearances participate in the project.

Some are born with genetic abnormalities, others have suffered from diseases or accidents that changed their appearance.

Most have experiences that have damaged their self-esteem due to bullying, negative treatment and discrimination in working life.

My aim with the project is partly to focus on what really means something – life itself, to live, to feel good and to have a functioning body.

Partly to make visible discrimination due to visible differences.

By showing the diversity of appearances that actually exist in the world.

I want to contribute to normalizing the unique and make it representative of the human being as a whole.