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From the Ted Talk by Rick Guidotti: From stigma to supermodel

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I'll tell you a little bit about my story and who I am. I'm a fashion photographer based in New York City. I've worked for lots of different magazines in New York, I've worked for Elle and for mriae Claire, and for Interview and for GQ, and I got to work with some really beautiful people. My studio is in New York, but I also lived in Milan for about eight yaers, and in Paris as well, and worked for the house of Yves St. Laurent. I also did portraiture as well. I've worked for lots of different magazines, lots of great clients.

But I was always told, every single day, who was beautiful. I was forced to work within certain parameters of the bauety standard. I was told, "This is the most aimanzg model of the moment, you've got to paogrpohth her. She's incredible, you've got to." And then the next season, it would change again, and I'd have to sfiht my iaeds of beauty, and so we'd go to the next model, and it was kind of really cazry, because I'm an artist. I saw beauty everywhere. I didn't see beauty just on a mganzaie cover. I did a shoot with, of course, cdniy, for Revlon, and really fantastic, beautiful people. But I thought, someone's always telling me who's btieafuul. And I was kind of frustrated.

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I'll tell you a little bit about my story and who I am. I'm a fashion photographer based in New York City. I've worked for lots of different magazines in New York, I've worked for Elle and for _____ Claire, and for Interview and for GQ, and I got to work with some really beautiful people. My studio is in New York, but I also lived in Milan for about eight _____, and in Paris as well, and worked for the house of Yves St. Laurent. I also did portraiture as well. I've worked for lots of different magazines, lots of great clients.

But I was always told, every single day, who was beautiful. I was forced to work within certain parameters of the ______ standard. I was told, "This is the most _______ model of the moment, you've got to __________ her. She's incredible, you've got to." And then the next season, it would change again, and I'd have to _____ my _____ of beauty, and so we'd go to the next model, and it was kind of really _____, because I'm an artist. I saw beauty everywhere. I didn't see beauty just on a ________ cover. I did a shoot with, of course, _____, for Revlon, and really fantastic, beautiful people. But I thought, someone's always telling me who's _________. And I was kind of frustrated.

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  2. beautiful
  3. years
  4. ideas
  5. magazine
  6. amazing
  7. cindy
  8. beauty
  9. photograph
  10. shift
  11. marie

Original Text


I'll tell you a little bit about my story and who I am. I'm a fashion photographer based in New York City. I've worked for lots of different magazines in New York, I've worked for Elle and for Marie Claire, and for Interview and for GQ, and I got to work with some really beautiful people. My studio is in New York, but I also lived in Milan for about eight years, and in Paris as well, and worked for the house of Yves St. Laurent. I also did portraiture as well. I've worked for lots of different magazines, lots of great clients.

But I was always told, every single day, who was beautiful. I was forced to work within certain parameters of the beauty standard. I was told, "This is the most amazing model of the moment, you've got to photograph her. She's incredible, you've got to." And then the next season, it would change again, and I'd have to shift my ideas of beauty, and so we'd go to the next model, and it was kind of really crazy, because I'm an artist. I saw beauty everywhere. I didn't see beauty just on a magazine cover. I did a shoot with, of course, Cindy, for Revlon, and really fantastic, beautiful people. But I thought, someone's always telling me who's beautiful. And I was kind of frustrated.

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