Nude beauty in all shapes and sizes

For over two decades, Martine Payne has found inspiration in the female form.

The Sydney-based photographer had been shooting her ‘motherhood sessions’ – stripped back family portraits – for a number of years, when she noticed a common theme in the experience of her clients.

“I was shooting these individual sessions, and I was seeing the reaction I was getting from women stripping down, being really unsure and then feeling so rewarded and impressed with the results and their own beauty. I decided that I wanted to magnify the scale,” Payne told The Jewish Independent.

A social media callout followed, and Payne recruited 15 diverse women aged between their early 30s and late 70s to volunteer for The Body Project – a photography exhibition and event series celebrating women in their rawest state.