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The Body Project
Break outside your comfort zone and change the relationship with your body in 2026 and see it through a different lens.
The Body Project began in 2024 by Sydney Photographer Martine Payne, as a deeply personal invitation for women to be photographed nude — privately, respectfully, and with care — offering their bodies to art. The intention was to create space for women to see the beauty in their own form, and to make visible the diversity of bodies so rarely represented. The work sought to exist outside of sexualisation and the male gaze, honouring the female body simply as it is, and the personal stories it carries.
While the project began with a focus on portraiture, it quickly became clear that the experience itself was its most powerful outcome. Each woman stepped beyond her comfort zone and into a shared space of courage, vulnerability, connection and support.
In response, in 2025 the experienced has been broadened to include the support of Body Image Specialist and Arts psychotherapist Lana Sussman, who joined the project, helping facilitate group discussions and creative activities. In both years, the project culminated in a public exhibition, where the women saw their bodies presented as the art they are — held with reverence and care.
Join us for 2026 in changing your relationship with your body.
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THE BODY PROJECT
SUNDAY MAY 3, 2026
9:30AM - 1PM
Frank The Studio Botany, Sydney
THE DAY
The Body Project experience is a four-hour immersive morning by Photographer Martine Payne, shared within an intimate group of just 12 women, held in a studio in Botany.
Participants are guided through a creative and reflective experience facilitated by arts psychotherapist Lana Sussman, creating space for connection and shared dialogue while awaiting their individual photography session. Each woman is photographed nude in a private, respectful, and carefully held environment. The experience concludes with the opportunity to participate in group images.
THE PACKAGE FOR THE DAY INCLUDES:
- MORNING TEA
- Body image art therapy workshop
- Mini private photography session with Martine
- opportunity to take part in group images
WALK AWAY WITH:
- 15 INDIVIDUAL DIGITAL PORTRAITS FOR DOWNLOAD
- DIGITAL GROUP PORTRAITS YOU TOOK PART IN
- ONE large FINE ART TIMBER FRAMED PRINT
PACKAGE OPTIONS:
With Fine Art Print $590
Without Print $490
