Polly Penrose decided to take nude self-portraits as she noticed her twentysomething body changing. She found she could use her figure to convey the emotions she was feeling at that point in time.

Penrose's photos span the course of seven years: She starts as a young single woman, transitions through pregnancy, and finally becomes a mother. Though at first the portraits look like out-of-place yoga, eventually you can sense how she's feeling based on how she molds herself.

She explains to Feature Shoot how her body language relaxes as she grows more comfortable with motherhood and the body that comes with it. Below is her chronological series.

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY POLLY PENROSE

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