What is beauty? This question reminds me of an art class I took in college. The professor asked me “What is art?”. In reality the answers to either of these questions is somewhat subjective. I could say that art is Rembrandt but not Picasso; I could say that beauty is an image of a supermodel but not that of a grandmother with weathered hands or that the Colorado Rockies are beautiful but not the slums in a third world country.
As a woman, I have to say that I am fascinated by this idea of beauty. Beauty in the 16th century looks much different than it does today. I look at magazines and see gorgeous (and sometimes skinny!) women looking back, and somehow I just don’t compare. I find myself wondering how these magazines came to dictate what the world thinks is beautiful. And I realized that I have to find my source of self perception and self worth from a source that isn’t as fickle and changing as the media industry. I have to find that source in knowing that I am a beautiful creation of God.
So, let me ask again, what is beauty? I would argue that it’s YOU. You are beauty. You are a creation unlike anything else on Earth; something so wholly unique that not another copy was made. You are the best of its kind.
As a photographer I have the privilege of documenting love stories that turn into families that turn into generations. But my goal is to not only show what you look like, but to capture a piece of your soul, a piece of the most beautiful place within you. My desire is to show you that you are beauty.
I’m Kristi Crosson and I am redefining the face of beauty. Will you be next?
Oh, and here’s some oldies but goodies of a beautiful bride I photographed a couple of months after their wedding last year:
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