PROFILE: Nimoy goes where art photography has not often gone before
Leonard Nimoy photographing nude, plus-size women for an art exhibition and photo collection? The New York Times has the story on Mr. Spock’s latest art adventure:
He knows that he is an unlikely champion for the size-acceptance movement; body image is a topic he never really thought about before. But for the last eight years, Mr. Nimoy, who is 76 and an established photographer, has been snapping pictures of plus-size women in all their naked glory.
He has a show of photographs of obese women on view at the R. Michelson Galleries in Northampton, Mass., through June; a larger show at the gallery is scheduled to coincide with the November publication of his book on the subject, “The Full Body Project,” from Five Ties Publishing…
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