Reclaiming Her Book

The Reclaiming, Her Project by artist and designer Carolina Pérez Moreno explores women’s complex relationships with body insecurities. Drawing from her own personal journey of body acceptance amid societal pressures, Carolina has created a collection of unique body jewelry that confronts and redefines conventional beauty standards. The pieces, crafted from soft, food-grade silicone and adorned with electroformed copper nodes, highlight the parts of the body women often feel compelled to hide, as well as those they celebrate. Each piece is a powerful symbol of female empowerment, encouraging women to reclaim and showcase the very features they’ve been conditioned to conceal. Rather than conforming to external standards, Reclaiming Her emphasizes the strength and autonomy in choosing how one presents herself to the world.

Reclaiming Her is a deeply intimate and multi-voiced book that weaves personal reflection, collective testimony, and artistic process into a printed ritual of healing. More than a documentation of the project, the book invites readers into a vulnerable and expansive conversation around body image, womanhood, and emotional reclamation.

Inside, you'll find creative contributions from women of different ages and backgrounds—poems, collages, songs, and written reflections—offering raw, honest insight into what it means to live in a female body. The photo archive is present not just as imagery, but through the powerful personal stories that accompany the photographs, going far beyond aesthetics to reveal the emotional layers behind each image.

Carolina’s own voice guides the reader through her process—sharing behind-the-scenes notes, inner thoughts, and the evolution of the project. The structure is intentionally non-linear, allowing space for readers to pause, reflect, and return. Every page is a call to witness, not just others, but oneself.
This book does not offer easy answers—it opens space. It celebrates testimony, invites empathy, and honors the quiet strength found in vulnerability. Reclaiming Her is a reminder that healing is not a straight line, but a shared, ongoing act.