Hi! I'm Cait
Hi, I’m Cait - photographer, professional laugher, and natural beauty enthusiast. I started Laugh Lines after years behind the lens watching women apologise for their faces (even though they’re magic, exactly as they are). This project is part love letter, part rebellion. An invitation to show up barefaced and brilliant. I’m here to document the cracks, the creases, the quirks, the real stuff. Because beauty isn’t added. It’s revealed.
LAUGH LINES PROJECT: A GLOBAL PORTRAIT SERIES
Laugh Lines is a global portrait movement by Australian photographer Cait Miers, attempting to photograph 1000 women around the world with one common thread - they're without make-up. Using make-up as a metaphor for the layers of conditioning women have endured over the years, the portrait series is about challenging traditional beauty, sitting with ourselves, observing our thoughts and hopefully, celebrating ourselves, just the way we are. We're currently gathering momentum to start, and gathering sign ups as we decide where to go. The portraits will be done in public meet ups and potentially individual sessions. Click below if you're interested in taking the challenge!
The Mission
To help women from around the world reclaim their beauty and identity by helping them see what was never missing.
OUR AVENUES FOR CHANGE
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How to get involved.
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STEP 01: Take the Mirror Minute Challenge
Stop. Look. Breathe.
Face your reflection for 60 unfiltered seconds in our digital mirror. No filters, no distractions - just you and your truth.
STEP 02: Be part of the 1000
We're photographing 1,000 women without makeup around the world.
Want to be part of the documentary and this once-in-a-generation portrait series? We're taking expressions of interest!
SOME LOVE NOTES FROM OUR SUPPORTERS
Hey Cait, I wanted to message and let you know that you influenced me in the best possible way. I was feeling really self conscious after having a baby about how tired I looked and my wrinkling forehead. I was going to get botox. But your praise for aging with grace has made me do a 180 and really appreciate my body and all it's done for me and my family and to be happy with my smile lines, so thankyou for the reminder! I hope you keep doing what you're doing, it's helping people ❤️
"Thank you for sharing this. This is a really powerful way to reframe the way I think. I have my own fears around aging - I've already got two bloody permanent frown lines from all the years of staring at the glary ocean. I worry that this devalues me in society. But seeing Talo and remembering the elders in my own life, I am reminded of a beauty that is so real I can't even name it. Through elders I can choose to see my signs of aging as recognition that their beauty is beginning to take its form on my own body. And by embracing this it feels like a gentle showing of respect and honour for them. Gosh I've never gotten deep in the comment section bit scared to put this out there but gonna go with it. Thanks Caity"
"I think we as girls and women are conditioned to be aware of and strive for 'the male gaze.' I still remember being catcalled at 14 as I walked to school in my uniform. And from there the beginning of being incredibly self conscious and self critical. I love what you're doing and can't wait to see more!
