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Amanda de Cadenet

Profession : Photographer

Birth : May 19, 1972

While Jane Fonda has no shortage of knowledge to share, I was particularly moved and fascinated by her recovery from bulimia, which she battled with for over 25 years.

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I am one of the last photographers to convert to digital.

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You never know how your kids are going to turn out. You can raise them with all the best intentions, and then they're own people, and they have their own inner conflicts. You just hope you've given them some good stuff to navigate with.

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I had lived with abuse for many years, but the worst abuse has been at my own hands and the appalling situations I have tolerated.

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Pregnancy is a time for women to feel more connected with their bodies, and yet often the opposite occurs.

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I was about 15 years old, and I needed a job, and somebody I know - I don't even know who it was - said that there was a television show that needed a presenter and that I should go and audition for it, so I did. That was a show called 'The Word,' and I got that job.

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As a photographer, there are times when I have to decide if it's appropriate to invade a moment with my camera.

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I was a workaholic, I had food issues, and I had body issues. I was in a lot of pain. My parents didn't recognise what was going on.

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If I'm looking at life without a spiritual perspective, it's a lot more painful, a lot more confusing, and there's so much that I don't understand.

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I'm really interested in older women, to be honest, because they have lived a life that I've not yet lived. So I really want to learn from them, and I think culturally we tend to dispose of women once they get to a certain age and they don't look a certain way.

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Men are hugely significant to me and to many of the women I interview.

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From 12-year-old girls to 70-year-old matriarchs, I know hundreds of women who have some sort of body image issue. This is sad and seriously worrying, but it's true, and it's why I feel some kind of social responsibility to do what I can to show a variety of body types in fashion magazines.

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I tend to side with people who are considered the underdog. I have empathy.

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Persuasiveness is really just about getting your ideas across without being forceful. It's a skill that can be learned and is useful for anyone who works in a team environment.

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I don't raise my daughter differently than her twin brother, to the point where she only wanted to wear his clothes - sweatpants, baggy T-shirts, and high-tops - for a year straight. She claims it's because she needs to be 'comfortable and functional,' and who can blame her? I would wear a tracksuit seven out of seven days if I could.

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I have autoimmune disease, thyroid problems, and I've been diagnosed pre-diabetic.

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I don't marry myself to one belief system.

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The power that you have as a young woman, unless you have great self-esteem, is largely based on how the rest of the world reacts to you. And so it's kind of a superficial confidence that you have, you know?

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I've photographed a lot of my good girlfriends, and it's given me a lot of anxiety because I don't want to let them down.

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When you've worked as hard as I have to form your identity, the last thing you want is to blur where you end and someone else begins.

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