{"id":39123,"date":"2019-07-22T08:13:20","date_gmt":"2019-07-22T07:13:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=39123"},"modified":"2019-07-22T08:13:27","modified_gmt":"2019-07-22T07:13:27","slug":"photography-campaign-rock-your-ugly-sees-dubai-residents-bravely-speaking-their-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsforher.com\/?p=39123","title":{"rendered":"Photography campaign &quot;Rock Your Ugly&quot; sees Dubai residents bravely speaking their truth"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"c5b541d88d911dcbb84397def1a3492d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- m -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3943282228430444\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"5751019935\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p> [ad_1]\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"id_text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>Everybody has insecurities. Whether it&#8217;s physical or psychological, there&#8217;s something that everyone struggles with. So, if we&#8217;re all going through it, why is it so difficult for us to talk about it?<\/p>\n<p>In a world of photoshop and the &#8216;perfect&#8217; image, we tend to forget that everyone has imperfections and flaws and it&#8217;s pretty devastating that we have to consciously display images of &#8216;reality&#8217; when we&#8217;re all so busy portraying a fantasy.<\/p>\n<p>Dubai-based photographer Waleed Shah has created a platform, through his art, for people to discuss their biggest insecurities and hang-ups that they have faced (or still are facing.)<\/p>\n<p>Shah was inspired to create the campaign, when he experienced some mental health struggles himself. He said: &#8220;I had wanted to explore other people\u2019s body insecurities since then but never got around to it until a few weeks ago when I lost my best friend to cancer and wanted something, anything, to get my mental state back on track. I decided to pick up this project and see it through it. The process was like group therapy. 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