Fat Stories

Overview

Fat Stories is a photo-documentary that seeks to question and challenge stereotypes, misconceptions and moral judgements that surround being fat.

It looks at media representations that perpetuate stigmas and discriminatory perceptions of obesity by following the lives of 6 of Australia’s ‘fat activists’. The photographs offer alternative representations of what it is to be fat that will question how the greater society looks at sizism, and how we look at, talk about and represent those who are obese.

Fat Stories is a collaborative project for two Griffith University representatives. Isaac Brown, a Brisbane photographer, has done work with the Artworkers Alliance and Frankie Magazine. He often explores relationships between the photographer and the subject. He is joined by marketing academic Lauren Gurrieri whose research looks at the cultural aspects of consumption and consumer identity construction. Together, their wealth of knowledge and skill promises a series of work that will ask the hard questions.