Exhibit offers new perspectives on nudity

Photographer Frank Cordelle captures women of all ages, shapes and sizes in his exhibit, “The… Photographer Frank Cordelle captures women of all ages, shapes and sizes in his exhibit, “The Century Project,” on display this week in the William Pitt Union’s Kimbo Gallery.

“The Century Project” Photographs by Frank Cordelle Kimbo Aft Gallery, William Pitt Union Monday-Thursday 10 a.m.-6 p.m, Friday 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Saturday noon-5 p.m. Runs through Friday, free admission

The project features 80 nude photographs of women in all stages of life, from birth to age 94. Each picture is accompanied by a statement written about or by the photographed woman, identified by her first name.

The statements tell moving stories of body image, sex, anorexia and abuse, among other somber topics. Many of the photographs function as physical evidence of the women’s stories by displaying their expressive faces, frailty and scars. “The Century Project” puts a great emphasis on removing the assumption that nudity and sex must always go hand in hand.

Seventy-nine-year-old model Isabel wrote in her statement, “The trouble with all these ‘other pictures’ – i.e. the ones in men’s magazines – is that they always have sex in them