Vulva Photographer Shows Women Their Genitals Are Beautiful

Photography can be a powerful tool for good. Photographer Ellie Sedgwick recognized that, and she's using her camera skills for a coffee table book on vulvas and to encourage body positivity, curiosity, and understanding. Sedgwick, who lives in Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia, began the project after teenage experiences and a previous partner's insensitivity made her feel so self-conscious about her vulva that she considered labiaplasty, a surgery that involves reducing the size of the labia minora, the inner vaginal lips, and often, sculpting of the labia major, the outer vaginal lips.