100 Plus Five

“In this day and age, we can be overly critical with our own physical appearance and too quick to judge others based on their physical appearance. This project, 100 Plus Five explores body image among male identifying individuals while exploring how each individual included in the project views their own body image. The aim of this project was to challenge the viewers’ own unconscious bias towards physical appearances - no two people look the same so why is there so much pressure for everyone to fit the same mould? Each sitter was given minimal direction in the hope of capturing their individual personality, resulting in natural and authentic representation. I wanted this body of work to celebrate diversity and individuality. You do you!”

BBC Documentary

My project 100 Plus Five appears in this documentary called, Anton Danyluk on Body Shame. Anton explores male body images in this documentary and I have a conversation with him about the pressures with male body image. The full documentary is available on BBC iPlayer.

This book features all of the 105 subjects photographed as part of my positive male body image project, photographed over a six month period from 2020-2021. Each person involved with this project has their own page with a full-length image and their written response to the question, ‘how do you currently feel about your body/body image?’.

My hope for this book is that you flick through the 116 pages and realise that no two people look the same so you don’t need to ‘fit in’ when you can just be yourself! This project celebrates individuality and diversity in an authentic and personable way.

By buying a copy of this book, I will make a donation per order to Men Matter Scotland. This charity offers suicide prevention support and mental health services to men living in Scotland. To find out more about this charity you can click here to see their website.

Statistically, men are three times more likely to die by suicide than women so your donation will be greatly appreciated by myself and Men Matter Scotland.