One of the artists whose work I found most interesting were the photographs of Laura Aguilar. Her work focuses marginalized people of color and people of bigger sizes, particularly women. What I like most about her photographs is the way bodies are shown in nature. They seem to be part of the landscape she is photographing. Her photographs remind us that our bodies are all natural, and there is not one way to be. She is representing bodies that are normally stigmatized because of their color and size and doing it in a way which is empowering to the model and people viewing the photograph.

Laura’s photographs include a lot of self-portraits, which are her way of dealing with the stigmatization of her own body which has led to depression. The video we watched on Laura was very insightful and honest the way she spoke about her art helping her heal. We don’t typically see brown, big bodies fully nude because we are brainwashed into believing they should be hidden and that European features are the epitome of beauty. Her photographs are political like many of the other Chicana Artists we have read about but they are also for personal healing. Her work is taking a stand against those who believe there is only one way to be beautiful and feel comfortable with yourself.