PETER DEVITO

Peter DeVito has suffered from acne for most of his life. Growing up, it limited his ability to interact with others and seriously affected his mental health. Now he’s turning the stigma attached to having bad skin on its head, by taking close-up, unretouched photos of himself — accompanied by empowering slogans about self-acceptance — and posting them on social media. Inspired by the positive reaction he received, and galvanized by the skin positive movement that’s currently sweeping the internet, Peter is casting the net a little wider and turning his lens onto people who suffer from a range of skin conditions.

When it came to photographing his subjects, Peter wanted to show that they were more than their skin conditions — they are not defined by them. His style is featured by un-retouched images of people with various skin conditions, accompanied by powerful statements about self-acceptance tattooed across his subjects faces.