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This Is Who I Am: Our Beauty in All Shapes and Sizes is a new photography book by Seattle-based photographer Rosanne Olson. The project started  word-of -mouth, as individual women were delighted with their photos, and recommended her to their friends. Far from the perfect bodies, they are average women celebrating their bodies and forms.

Elizabeth Wellington, Fashion Columnist for the Philly.com writes about it here, and both Olson and Wellington make a connection between negative body image and the fashion industry. While fashion does play a part, between fashions designed for stick figures, no larger sizes available in trendy clothing, and advertising promoting an ultra thin version of beauty, the issues of body image are much complicated.

 While most of us have become immune to the ads from the fashion industry, a positive celebration of the average female form is easy to relate to, and a great celebration for all women.