“People often react that they will never pose naked,” Leon Schröder knows from experience. He is a photographer, teacher at The Hague University of Applied Sciences, creator of the book Naked Rotterdam and busy with the making of Naked The Hague. “People are afraid it would be bad for your reputation. But how cool is it when, for example, an alderman or anyone else poses proudly, vulnerable and naked. That’s quite a statement!”
A collection of links to newspaper and magazine articles on body image and self-acceptance.
A collection of links to newspaper and magazine articles on body image and self-acceptance.
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.
