Kiss It!

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Kiss it! is the result of a long-term collaboration between photographer Abbie Trayler-Smith and Shannon, a young woman living with obesity. Over the course of 12-years, Trayler-Smith documented Shannons journey from teenager to adultnavigating friendships, family, firstboyfriends, prom nights, holidays and jobs. Shannon has been the central inspiration for Trayler-Smiths long-term project, The Big O examining the issue of obesity in school-age children and young adults.

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Abbie Trayler-Smith was born in Wales and is a self-taught photographer. She has worked for The Telegraph covering world events including the Darfur conflict, the Iraq War and the Asian tsunami. She joined Panos pictures in 2008 and now works for a variety of publications and clients including The Sunday Times, Marie-Claire, IRC, BBC worldwide among others. A portrait from her lon-term project The Big O won a Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize in 2010.