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Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation'~~^I was burnt in a house fire at the age of 18 months. ~~I l... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation'~~^I was burnt in a house fire at the age of 18 months. ~~I l... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation'~Verified~^I have a condition called spinal muscular atrophy... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Verified~^I have a condition called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA Type 2.) I was diagnosed when I was 18 months old. Its a muscle wasting condition. So as I get older, I get weaker. So when I was aroun... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Verified~^I have a condition called spinal muscular atrophy (SMA Type 2.) I was diagnosed when I was 18 months old. Its a muscle wasting condition. So as I get older, I get weaker. So when I was aroun... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation'~Verified~^I have a condition called spinal muscular atrophy... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously.^ she said. ~~When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had to... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation'~~~^I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously.^ she said. ~~When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had to... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^I was 16 when he spat on me- this boy who kept following me. That's when I decided to start loving myself. It was a choice I made consciously.^ she said. ~~When I met Hannah for this shoot, I had to... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Photographer Sujata Setia is the Gold winner of the AOP Open Award 2021-2022 with her powerful series of images 'Changing The Conversation'~~^I have wondered what it would be like to have more than on... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^I have wondered what it would be like to have more than one child, if I need to hold them both tight at the same time, ^ James said as he laughed casually.~~Not a hint of sorrow- not a moment wasted... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

Single mother of quadruplets, Anna has suffered for long with body image issues until when she agreed to be photographed by me. She said it freed her. It made her look at herself differently and appre... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^Hi, my name is Hattie. I was born with a congenital cataract and congenital glaucoma. This meant I required multiple operations as a baby leaving me with an enlarged black eye. Over the last few year... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^Hi, my name is Hattie. I was born with a congenital cataract and congenital glaucoma. This meant I required multiple operations as a baby leaving me with an enlarged black eye. Over the last few year... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^Hi, my name is Hattie. I was born with a congenital cataract and congenital glaucoma. This meant I required multiple operations as a baby leaving me with an enlarged black eye. Over the last few year... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^Hi, my name is Hattie. I was born with a congenital cataract and congenital glaucoma. This meant I required multiple operations as a baby leaving me with an enlarged black eye. Over the last few year... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

I first got drawn to Joanné's profile on instagram. A woman who wears her heart on her sleeve- loves deeply and forgives freely. She has this carefree abandon- like she has invisible wings. ~~When I i... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^101 Dalmatians. Cookie dough. Spotty Face, ^ those were the names my classmates secretly kept for me. ~Growing up, I hated myself. ~I hated everyone around me.~No one looked like me- I didn't look li... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^101 Dalmatians. Cookie dough. Spotty Face, ^ those were the names my classmates secretly kept for me. ~Growing up, I hated myself. ~I hated everyone around me.~No one looked like me- I didn't look li... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^101 Dalmatians. Cookie dough. Spotty Face, ^ those were the names my classmates secretly kept for me. ~Growing up, I hated myself. ~I hated everyone around me.~No one looked like me- I didn't look li... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^101 Dalmatians. Cookie dough. Spotty Face, ^ those were the names my classmates secretly kept for me. ~Growing up, I hated myself. ~I hated everyone around me.~No one looked like me- I didn't look li... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^I've never been photographed like this before- with all of my scars, I mean.^ Catrin said to me. It left us both thinking of what is the limit on scars? How much can we see? Are we all becoming a par... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen

^I've never been photographed like this before- with all of my scars, I mean.^ Catrin said to me. It left us both thinking of what is the limit on scars? How much can we see? Are we all becoming a par... © Sujata Setia/shotbywomen