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#SENDNUDES
A teNeues | MENDO publication
This book allows us to enjoy and celebrate beautiful photography of equally beautiful women in an uncensored medium
If you spend a reasonable amount of time online, chances are you may have stumbled across the phrase: #SENDNUDES. A staple of millennial lingo, the term is used to request sexually explicit photographs, typically over text messaging and dating apps. Over time, #SENDNUDES has also evolved into a meme, deployed as a common punchline in image and video internet jokes.
Today, #SENDNUDES is making another transition—as the title of a carefully curated book of nude photography. In collaboration with Iman Whitfield, MENDO reached out to photographers all over the world and asked them to send their favorite shots of female sensuality and intimacy. The result is a visually stunning photo collection approaching erotic photography from a female point of view, celebrating the diversity of female beauty and body confidence, and teasing the delicate line between that which is revealed and that which remains private.
A visually stunning book that approaches erotic photography from a female point of view
‘Women are simply the most fascinating of our species’
‘Women are simply the most fascinating of our species’
Featured photographers in #SENDNUDES are (in order of appearance): Mason Rose (@masonrosephoto on Instagram), Tony Ellis (@tonyellisnyc), Andrew Kuykendall (@andrew_kuykendall), Dennis Swiatkowski (@dennisswiatkowski), Ben Tsui (@bentsuiphotos), Kwabena Appiah-Nti (@sekyii), Melissa Cartagena (@perazna), Victor Trusov (@legrainblanc), Alexander Tull (@alexandertull), Ruhul Amin (@imruhul), Guillaume Gaubert (@guillaumegbrt), Neeltje de Vries (@neeltjedevries_photography), Taylor Tailleur (@taylor.tailleur), Jen Sen (@jenmsenn), Johan Stjernéus (@johanstjerneus), Romy Elisabeth Jansen (@byromyelisabeth), Brian Rolfe (@brianrolfephoto), Sal Moriarty (@lovebombed), Kim Akrich (@kim_akrich) and Kid Richards (@kid_richards).
“While overtly sexualized imagery of women runs rampant through the entertainment, fashion and streetwear industries, Whitfield and her series of commissions seek to reclaim sexuality and womanhood by examining a select form of body confidence—nudity.”
— Candice Nembhard, Highsnobiety
About the curator
Iman Whitfield is a creative director and (fashion) film director. She graduated from the Willem de Kooning Academy with a video series titled „LoveStories“ that went viral. Since then she has created fashion films for major brands like Scotch & Soda, Nike, Suitsupply, and Lois Jeans. Iman loves to observe people and their characteristics, constantly capturing those around her on film or through photographs.
#SENDNUDES is a book made by MENDO, published in collaboration with teNeues.