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If we remove all judgment and preconceived ideas of who a person is, the truth is, we are all blessed with the same emotions and desires. Amanda de Cadenet

Truth Truth Is Emotions Blessed Remove Judgment Ideas Person Same Preconceived Who Desires

Retouching is an incredible tool but can also create unrealistic expectations for women who don't understand that an image is not how the subject really looks. Even the subjects themselves can't live up to their retouched images. Amanda de Cadenet

The power that you have as a young woman, unless you have great self-esteem, is largely based on how the rest of the world reacts to you. And so it's kind of a superficial confidence that you have, you know? Amanda de Cadenet

Great You Confidence Woman World Rest Power Young Unless Kind Superficial Know Self-Esteem How Young Woman Based Largely

I am interested in people. I'm interested in telling stories, whether that is behind the camera or in front of the camera. Amanda de Cadenet

People Telling Am Camera Front Behind Stories Whether Interested

I went from being able to walk down the street and be ignored to having men whistle at me. I was an insecure young girl, and it felt good to have attention, even though it was inappropriate. Amanda de Cadenet

I've been privileged to be able to be a part of some of my girlfriends' lives at their breaking points. Amanda de Cadenet

Able Some Girlfriends Points Part Been Privileged Breaking Lives

As a photographer, there are times when I have to decide if it's appropriate to invade a moment with my camera. Amanda de Cadenet

Appropriate Photographer Invade Camera Times Decide Moment

You have a different experience as a woman walking through life; you just do. Amanda de Cadenet

Life You Woman Experience Through Walking Just Different

I've always known if anything killed me, it would be boys. From the time I was a teenager into my thirties, I loved only the ones who were bad news. Amanda de Cadenet

Time News Me Thirties Teenager Bad Would Would-Be Only Bad News Known Boy Always Were Anything Loved Who

Learning how to have 'healthy' attachments sounds easy, but in fact, for someone like me who had damaged early relationships, it's like learning to be fluent in Chinese. Amanda de Cadenet

Me Learning Healthy Fluent Relationships Easy Someone Fact Had Like How Sounds In Fact Chinese Who Early Damaged

It doesn't matter how many people adore you or how skinny, successful, smart, talented, funny, kind, or compassionate you are. None of it matters if you don't see your wonderful self. Amanda de Cadenet

Sitting down with the insightful Gabourey Sidibe was a wonderful experience. Amanda de Cadenet

Experience Wonderful Down Insightful Wonderful Experience Sitting

Pregnancy is a time for women to feel more connected with their bodies, and yet often the opposite occurs. Amanda de Cadenet

Time Women More Feel Occurs Opposite Often Pregnancy Bodies Connected

I believe women need to hear stories and see images that they can identify with, not media-fabricated ideals that even the 'role models' themselves can't live up to. Amanda de Cadenet

Women Live Believe See Ideals Identify Hear Up Role Role Models Models Stories Themselves Even Images Need

Jane Fonda was at the top of my list of women to meet and the only time I felt nervous about interviewing someone. She is one of the most dynamic women I have ever had the honor of talking to. Amanda de Cadenet

From 12-year-old girls to 70-year-old matriarchs, I know hundreds of women who have some sort of body image issue. This is sad and seriously worrying, but it's true, and it's why I feel some kind of social responsibility to do what I can to show a variety of body types in fashion magazines. Amanda de Cadenet

Sad Fashion Women Seriously Responsibility Girl Types Worrying Hundreds Kind Some Magazines Variety True Feel Know Sort Issue Social Body Body Image Show Who Social Responsibility Why Image

I am one of the last photographers to convert to digital. Amanda de Cadenet

Digital Photographers Am Convert Last

I'd personally like to see more 'real bodies' in magazines. Amanda de Cadenet

See Magazines More Like Real Personally Bodies

I was about 15 years old, and I needed a job, and somebody I know - I don't even know who it was - said that there was a television show that needed a presenter and that I should go and audition for it, so I did. That was a show called 'The Word,' and I got that job. Amanda de Cadenet

I've never interviewed anyone where I set out to try to persuade them to reveal something. Instead, it's about creating a space that allows someone to be authentic without judgment on my part. Amanda de Cadenet

Try Space Judgment Out About Someone Something Never Part Instead Without Reveal Authentic Where Anyone Them Persuade Creating Set

If there was anyone primed to raise their kids feminist, it was me. My parents treated me no differently from my brother. I was raised to believe I was capable of doing anything I set my mind to. Amanda de Cadenet

Me Mind Parents Believe Kids Brother Feminist Doing Anyone Anything Capable Differently Raise Raised Treated Set

As a kid, I trained to be an Olympic gymnast. My schedule was rigorous. Four hours a day, Monday through Saturday, I was at the gym. My body was like a boy's, narrow hips, flat-chested, wide shoulders. When I was 12, I badly injured my ankle and was forced to stop training immediately. Amanda de Cadenet

Day Training Monday Kid Immediately Rigorous Gym Gymnast Schedule Through Badly Ankle Like Hours Forced Boy Narrow Hips Trained Stop Body Shoulders Injured Saturday Wide Four Olympic

At age 14, you are just beginning to work out who you think you are, and being famous is a huge distortion of reality, and it's not healthy for a young person to be considered more special than their peers. So, I would say it hindered my self-esteem but in later years gave me a great perspective that I wouldn't have if I hadn't experienced that. Amanda de Cadenet

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