This photographer decided to live naked in New York and recorded the experience in a book
Imagine yourself naked in downtown New York. Terrifying, isn't it? But what would be a nightmare for many people is normal for Erica Simone. The French photographer, who has lived in the city for 13 years, has a project called “Nue York – Self-Portraits of a Naked Urban Citizen.” To sum it up, these are photos of her naked in New York, living a normal routine.
“My idea is not to shock anyone,” she says. “I’m just an artist making a humorous reflection on society.”
Erica’s reflection concerns our relationship with fashion. For her, we value the clothes and brands we wear too much, sometimes neglecting the more important issues in life.
Erica decided to take her clothes off, in a campaign to “liberate” society’s expectations of us, and turned it into a photo book. Are you curious to see it? Here’s a taste of the project:
“My idea is not to shock anyone,” she says. “I’m just an artist making a humorous reflection on society.”
Erica’s reflection concerns our relationship with fashion. For her, we value the clothes and brands we wear too much, sometimes neglecting the more important issues in life.
Erica decided to take her clothes off, in a campaign to “liberate” society’s expectations of us, and turned it into a photo book. Are you curious to see it? Here’s a taste of the project:
“My idea is not to shock anyone,” she says. “I’m just an artist making a humorous reflection on society.”
Erica’s reflection concerns our relationship with fashion. For her, we value the clothes and brands we wear too much, sometimes neglecting the more important issues in life.
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