University of Massachusetts Amherst

Marked For Life: Eileen Claveloux and Shirley Jackson Whitaker

Artist Eileen Claveloux and Dr. Shirley Jackson Whitaker interviewed women in Springfield, Massachusetts and invited them to participate in this project which involved having their bodies photographed up close with a focus on their stretch marks. With this single bold move, the women in Marked for Life begin to stretch the parameters of the definition of beauty for all women.

Also, a panel discussion will take place on April 4 at 6:30 p.m.

sample artwork