PERRINE MECHEKOUR

Lensed by India Lange

“Love helps to build us up and to become proud of our uniqueness: to take our uniqueness as a gift from heaven, as a power. It’s not easy, I know. But by getting to know ourselves, by seeing what we like and what we can do with our uniqueness, when we mix it all together, it makes a beautiful result.
To be as happy as possible, I don’t think about what I could have done if I wasn’t small. If you accept yourself people will have no choice but to accept you. Everyone is entitled to live with their particularities, that’s what makes the world poetic.”

FANTAGIRL I AM THE WOMAN I AM is a project by Fantabody in collaboration with Vogue Italia.

The photographic project made in collaboration with Giustina Guerrieri, a young communication specialist who had always an interest in voicing real stories whilst exploring the boundaries of femininity.

An ode to the female body, regardless of its shape and skin colour. A research that promotes diversity as a starting point for addressing topics such as disability or immigration, which are approached with an inclusive, curious and prejudice-free attitude. Portrayed in her seductive uniqueness, every photographed subject has the opportunity to tell her story and reveal her nature with pride. An all-female collaboration where the protagonists are shot by selected female photographers and interviewed in the form of an intimate exchange of anecdotes and experiences.

The project is published monthly on vogue.it.