Self-Portrait Polaroids

This series of Polaroid self-portraits explores what happens when a woman claims full agency over her own image. Created as a continuation of my thesis research on self-portraiture as a tool for female empowerment, the work examines how representation shifts when the subject, photographer, and editor are the same person.

Using the immediacy of Polaroid film, each image captures an unfiltered moment: emotional states, bodily realities, and moments that are often hidden or considered unflattering or shameful. By confronting these “shadow aspects of the self,” I question the systems of beauty and respectability that have historically shaped how women are seen.

What happens when the parts of ourselves we are taught to hide are placed directly in the frame? Does the shame attached to them lose its power?

For me, this work is ultimately about healing. The series reflects a growing generosity toward my own body and self – an evolution that feels even more significant after years of internalized judgement and hatred, depression and anxiety, and eating disorders. Through self-portraiture, I reclaim the right to represent myself fully, even while still in the process of healing.

Recent Exhibitions:
"EN CORPS," Galerie Planet Rouge, Paris 2026