Author: Leon

External Articles on Body Image (1)

A collection of links to newspaper and magazine articles on body image and self-acceptance.

External Articles on Body Image (2)

A collection of links to newspaper and magazine articles on body image and self-acceptance.

External Articles on Body Image (3)

A collection of links to newspaper and magazine articles on body image and self-acceptance.

Naked The Hague at Den Haag FM

Nude photos vulgar? “Not in this case, on the contrary!” says Leon Schröder. He made a – sometimes emotional – statement in 2017 with his photo series Naked Rotterdam, and now it is The Hague’s turn to go naked, literally. At ‘Bob Staat Op’, the photographer tells how a graduation project grew into a serious mission about self-acceptance.

Preparations (2)

It’s Saturday, November 6, 2021. This week an article about Naked Rotterdam was published in the ‘Vlam Magazine’, a magazine about relationships, intimacy and sexuality. At first sight it may not be a very logical place to read about Naked Rotterdam (my book is not about sex), but in this edition of the magazine there […]

Listen to the interview with Den Haag FM

At There I was, 9 AM, sitting at the table with Bob at the Spui in the library. He was clearly interested in the subject and was very happy with the book by Naked Rotterdam that I gave him as a present. In a relatively short time I was able to tell my story and point the listeners to the address of the website. Bob indicated that, later in the project, he would like to speak with me again in order to follow the project. It goes without saying that I thought that was a good idea too. In short, ‘to be continued!’.

People of 21 in the 21st century

The climate crisis hangs over their heads like a dark cloud, they move blindly in the maze of the internet and come of age in the middle of a pandemic. What does it mean to be a young adult in 2021? Our reporter Lieke Mooren, herself 21 in 2021, portrays her generation in a series of stories. This time she talks to Coco, Koen and Caro about appearance.

Preparations (1)

Team or no team? From the moment I decided to start working with Naked The Hague, the ideas for the implementation piled up. It works for me in such a way that after a while I have piles of notes everywhere. All separate ideas that I hope to be able to make a strong whole […]

Young people live in a kind of mirror palace

In a society in which self-idolatry has taken on enormous proportions, essential human contact is under pressure, says Liesbeth Woertman, professor of psychology at Utrecht University (UU). “The ideal of beauty today is bigger and more important than it has ever been.”

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165 Rotterdammers naked in The Hague this weekend: ‘This is me!’
Exhibition 165 ordinary Rotterdammers undressed en masse for a special photo book. The photos will be exhibited this weekend in The Hague.