Women need to be heard.

Photographer Jennifer Bermon has spent the past 20 years working on an art project aimed to make all kinds of women feel better about themselves.

Bermon has created a series, called “Her | Self”, of 28 black-and-white portraits of women from various backgrounds, life stages and creeds.

“I take black and white photos of women and then ask them to write, in their own words, how they feel about the way they look in the photo,” Jennifer told Mamamia.

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She added: “The woman’s photo and her words become one piece that stands on its own, with no editing and filtering.”

Some of the amazing women in this project include a NYC firefighter, a NASA scientist, a 74-year-old Rabbi and an Academy Award-winning screenplay writer.

The series is beautiful and instead of telling you how these women feel about themselves and their bodies, we will let you discover for yourself…

Click through to see more images and transcripts from “ Her | Self “:

Jennifer Bermon: 'Her | Self'