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ricardo scipio's Goddess Project

ricardo scipio's Goddess Project

Natural Beauty is Powerful and a Gift.

Look through my lens and see beauty in a new way. See women in a new way – or maybe the oldest way possible: as goddesses.

The Goddess Project is book of nude photographs of brave, beautiful women who rejoice in being themselves regardless of size, age, height - regardless of anything. It’s not about what you look like, it’s not even about what you don’t look like, it’s all about how you feel about yourself…and how you feel about life itself.

That’s what my book is about. It’s the way I see and photograph women: as goddesses. It’s what I want for every woman and for the world.

And this book isn’t just a book: it’s a mission. It’s a manifesto. It’s a beauty revolution, and the antidote to mainstream media’s impoverished and interchangeable images of female beauty.

I used to be part of that media. For ten years, I worked in New York and Toronto as a fashion photographer – and my work demanded that I promote and support a view of beauty and sexuality I never personally believed in. Super-thin teenagers with under-developed bodies and barely in touch with their own nascent womanhood were as far away from my personal version of female beauty as one can imagine. During that time, I grew a career – but I lost more than I gained.

And so I left the industry to start a revolution in pictures.

From 2002-2010, I was on a mission. I photographed 77 incredible women and trust me, it was a momentous task to select 160 of my favourite, most compelling images from thousands and thousand of pictures. These women are goddesses of all kinds: black, brown, white, young, old, thin, fat, small, tall. Some are earth mothers, others are warriors, protectors or sex-goddesses.

This book is an offering to the goddesses. It’s an offering to you, and to the goddess in you. May it help you see it, feel it, live it.

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The Goddess Project by Ricardo Scipio is 8.5×11″, 160 pages of full colour and is being sold directly by the artist as a limited edition collectors item. Only 300 copies of this first edition will be printed. The price is $160 and is a signed and numbered hardcover.

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Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Here's my blip:
When I decided to do the Sex Goddess project I did it because it's empowering to women. It's not about being super skinny, big boobed, or flawless. it's about being REAL. I have struggled all my life with body image issues. No matter my size or weight I've always felt ugly. I was in a terrible first marriage where I was told I was too fat among other things.  I had gained a lot of weight during pregnancy which caused a lot of stretch marks. I definitely  didn't think I was attractive. It wasn't until I started modeling a couple years ago that I started to change how I felt about myself. I started to see myself as a REAL beauty. A REAL woman. Someone other women could look up to. This is why I wanted to do this project. Ricardo is showing a real,raw beauty. Now it's not just the Goddess project but the SEX Goddess project. That too is something I want to show to women.  To show sexiness can be beautiful not raunchy.  I was scared at first I wouldn't be able to pull it off. I kinda wanted to prove to myself that I could portray my sexuality on camera. But could I? And in front of a stranger? As soon as I met Ricardo I was totally at ease. He was friendly and made me feel like we were old friends. We talked about me, my sexuality, and my nerdiness. I loved that I was able to be my true geeky self some how and bring that into my sexuality. Feeling so at ease was a great consolation because let me tell you , we were in the mountains, in the woods, it was 45 degrees and sprinkling. Oh yeah and I was butt naked!! All that and yet I was just in the moment.  He helped me to get in touch with  my inner Venus.  I wasn't worried about what I looked like. I KNEW I was beautiful. I knew in that moment I was real and it was gorgeous! I wasn't worried about stretch marks or extra fat on my hips or tummy. I just knew I was one with nature, with my surroundings, with who I was inside.I was a Sex Goddess! When all was said and done I was so happy that I did this. I had a chance to be my true Hippie self in the middle of natures beauty and I made a new friend. 😄

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