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

“I had to face the features in the picture. I was ready to see how aging would unavoidably affect my looks. ...Here I am, standing in front of the closed gate with my arms outspread. ... What am I defending and from what? What am I facing? Could I have taken alternative ways?”

— Hiroko Hagiwara