Women, Beauty, and the Body

A few years back, an art exhibit at Randall Library at UNCW featured the work of Frank Cordelle, a Canadian photographer who captured images and short narratives of women in every year or decade of life. The exhibit was one of the most moving I've ever seen. I recently thought about "The Century Project" when communicating with my cousin Myrna Jacobs, a gifted photographer herself. It turns out that Cordelle has a book including many of these images. The book is going on my Wish List! Cordelle's images of women are relevant to theorist Lennard Davis, et al. since many of the women and girls displayed are damaged psychologically and/or physically. But the camera captures their beauty. Here's Frank Cordelle's web site: http://www.thecenturyproject.com/newsite/main.html