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Gender Violence Through the Lens of a Fashion Photographer - Capturing Deeper Beauty

By Jeff Severns Guntzel - 3/22/10

A former fashion photographer now doing documentary work, Izabella Demavlys writes in her artist's statement that “to illustrate a deeper definition of female beauty, I photograph women whose pictorial beauty radiates from their accomplishment, character and personal struggles.” Her latest series, “Without a Face,” offers a direct and profoundly affecting kind of beauty: portraits of Pakistani women healing after attacks by men wielding kerosene oil or battery acid. One, 20-year-old Memona, was attacked by a boy on her way to school; she's undergone some 30 reconstructive surgeries. Saira was burned by her husband for refusing to move in with him. According to Demavlys, 400 women in Lahore alone are currently awaiting surgery from such attacks. (From the Eyeteeth blog)

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