Mark Laurie wins Canada’s Photographer of the Year award and best Figure Study. See the images that won him the prestigious award. Mark tells some who else the win thrilled along with some background stories to the images

Who would have thought that a small Toronto Magazine, NOW, with it’s nude Love Your Body annual edition would go world wide viral? Just regular people with a story. Mark explores the why and what it is a little deeper, relating his own client’s Love Your Body moments from their experience.

Robin shares how and why her nude photography session was scary to start then transformed her and how she now sees her body differently. Her life had been a roller coaster with her usually out of control, this experience was something she could control. The empowerment was incredible.

No surgery – no photoshop – just skilled makeup to transform themselves. Part of the $12 million invested in cosmetic surgery did not come from these women’s pockets. It’s all in the handling of the makeup brush. Take a look at these 38 before and after transformations.