“We can either continue to use our differences to divide us, or we can define our identities for ourselves.” NSFW: The photos in this series include nudity.
Lauren Renner, a New York based photographer, started an ongoing groundbreaking photo series called "In Others’ Words" that shows the different stereotypes that individuals are confronted with.
Lauren Renner
Renner finds volunteers to model for her photo shoots through social media and word-of-mouth.
Lauren Renner
The photographer then asks each volunteer to meet her at her studio with a prepared list of words they have been labeled as during the course of their lives.
Lauren Renner
They remove their clothes, pair up, and write these words on each other's bodies from head to toe. She photographs this process, and then brings the volunteers to a public place.
Lauren Renner