Liberated Ladies is a very special 128 page photographic book featuring 70 real women who agreed to pose naked for the lens of Ian Cartwright, professional photographer from Manchester UK. They each have passions in their lives and Ian chose to depict these in a tasteful, yet mildly erotic way. Most of the ladies were not professional models, and few of them had ever posed nude before. Ian captured their beauty in their homes, on location and sometimes in studios, using his considerable skills acquired over a long career in advertising, fashion and portrait photography.
Most of them had a story to tell and these are told alongside the beautiful images. The original print run was very small, and most of them were distributed to supporters of a Kickstarter crowdfunding appeal. There are no plans to reprint, so you could say that there has been a limited edition.
Many of the images have won awards for Ian, who is a very highly qualified photographer, being a Master Qualified European Photographer as well as a Fellow of the British Institute of Professional Photography, and the Master Photographers Association.

"Much of my life has been spent living in a rather conventional and predictable manner; always playing it safe and trying to live up to other people's expectations. Since turning fifty a few years ago I've had a new perspective on things. I realised that life can turn rather bland if we don't take steps to make it adventurous, interesting, and sometimes even daring. I'm doing things and thinking outside the box in all sorts of ways that I never once imagined, and when the opportunity came to be photographed for potential inclusion in a book then I didn't have to think twice. It was nice to photographed in the context of doing something I love: massage therapy. And I thank Ian for making the whole experience enjoyable and comfortable."

Val Richards' testimonial. May 14th 2016

Hi Ian, 

Thank you so much for the lovely book, it seems an age away since we did the shoot at Jo's house, it was a fun time.
I think Jo is away in Spain at present so she will have a nice surprise when she gets home .

The content is superb, it is good to see other women's bodies as sometimes we can be a bit concerned about our imperfections and see other ladies baring all makes us appreciate we are all different shapes & sizes.

Thank you again and best wishes for the future & anymore projects you have underway .

Julia

A delightful start to Aurelia's liberation as she welcomes you into the family home. Demurely dressed, the family's wellies neatly in place, she is every inch the housewife and mother next door. But after she shuts the door behind you, her journey begins as she undresses for you and becomes the subject of a series of wonderfully erotic photographs.

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