NYAB Event - Philip Werner “101 Vagina”

Philip Werner “101 Vagina”

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101 VAGINA EXHIBITION AND BOOK LAUNCH

After two years in the making, the 101 Vagina book is being launched in the USA and Canada with a series of exhibitions across the two countries from April to June 2014. 101Vagina is about breaking down the taboo around the vagina and body image shame generally. It’s also about the sharing of story and celebration of our diversity.

The book comprises 101 black and white photos of women’s pubic area, in front on standing pose, accompanied by a message written by each woman about her vagina. The messages span the spectrum of emotions and form a small compendium of women’s experiences with their vaginas and womanhood in general.
Gallery space permitting, all 101 photos and stories from the book will be exhibited as large format archival prints.

The book is self-published by German/Australian photographer Philip Werner. It was first launched in Melbourne in 2013 after a successful crowdfunding campaign and Werner is now taking the book to the world via America. The project relies entirely on donations and book sales.

Werner was first inspired by reading Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues, and wanted to do something to counteract the unrealistic standards held up by various media which lead many women to feel that they are not normal or attractive.

So many current issues are raised by the 101 Vagina book that it’s difficult to encapsulate: Labiaplasty, pubic hair styles, genital mutilation, goddess worship, rape culture, orgasms, body image, masturbation, and even censorship of the word vagina itself.

Traversing the continent, the tour will start in Los Angeles (5-13 April) before visiting San Francisco (19-27 April), Montreal (17-25 May), Laguna Beach (1-8 May), New York (3-8 June) and finishing in Toronto (14-22 June).

101 Penis and 101 Breasts are also in the making and Werner hopes to arrange a shoot during the exhibition for people to participate in those projects.