Religion and patriarchal society have turned nudity into a taboo. We were taught that being naked is shameful because it manifests sexual desire. Water aims to subvert these misbeliefs. Its images – featuring self-portraits of myself and some of my closest friends – portray female nudity in the most natural and anatomical way. We were born naked, and our body is our life companion. We live through it, we sweat through it, we move in it – and it doesn’t necessarily carry a sexual drive. Here’s a naked woman swimming; do you feel ashamed while watching? Is it porn? Is it erotic? The overexposure is a way to scream it out loud: it’s all in your mind.
