五位女性摄影师镜头下的美丽与身体

Photography Harley WeirApril 10, 2026Art & Photography / ListsArt & Photography / Lists5 photo books by women interrogating ideas of beautyFrom eerie, uncanny perceptions of perfection to serene, unselfconscious nudity, these women photographers examine conceptions of beauty and how it affects our livesShareLink copied ✔️April 10, 2026April 10, 2026TextImogen Pearson Beauty is complicated. At times it can seem amorphous, yet at other times it can feel too rigidly defined. It’s alluring yet exclusionary; elevating and subjugating. Its codes, conventions and, above all, its contradictions, make beauty an eternally compelling concept for photographers. Below, we revisit five photo books by women exploring beauty and body image from different photographic angles, ranging from competitive modelling pageants in Italy to Black cotillion debutante balls in the US. Whether capturing women in rare, unguarded, unselfconscious moments or highlighting toxic beauty standards, the throughline between these photo books is their engagement with beauty as a force that touches all our lives in various ways. HARLEY WEIR, BEAUTY PAPERS Harley Weir, Beauty PapersGallery / 26 images In Beauty Papers (published by Beauty Papers Ltd), photographer Harley Weir seeks to expose the unattainable beauty standards present in modern society. Dedicated to “all the dolls in the world”, the book features numerous portraits and images mocking the extreme beauty ideals imposed upon women. Weir’s images distort perceived “perfections” – capturing sex doll models contorted into unnatural positions and hung upside down, bound to the artist with rope. In one particular shot, Weir’s own face is covered by a hyperreal prosthetic mask – a nod to the falsity of social media’s increasingly unattainable beauty standards. Weir’s photo book subverts these expectations, instead focusing on the beauty of realism. “I think there’s something in the grotesque,” she told Dazed, “and something in uniqueness.”

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