Getting out of a straitjacket

Of his picture Your Body Is Yours, photographer Wolfgang Tillmans says: “The idea of not being afraid of our bodies is central in my work. All too often the body and its image are somehow under control. We are told by the media, by advertising, by parents and societal codes how we should look, how to shave or cover the body, how a body should be used. For many people the need to conform to beauty standards has become a straitjacket. But the body is free and only you own it. And this is something that photography can amplify”