Amanda de Cadenet

“The fact is external feminine beauty is highly valued, and we are constantly given the message that a slamming body is the most valuable thing a woman can possess.”

“At age 14, you are just beginning to work out who you think you are, and being famous is a huge distortion of reality, and it's not healthy for a young person to be considered more special than their peers. So, I would say it hindered my self-esteem but in later years gave me a great perspective that I wouldn't have if I hadn't experienced that.”

“People know what authentic communication feels like, so having someone else handle your social media/commenting doesn't feel honest to me.”

“People reacted to how I looked, and that was certainly a power to have as a young girl, but not one that you really understand.”

“I love photography - I fell in love with photography, I think, because it was my own thing, it wasn't something I needed other people's permission to do. So, it was really freeing for me actually to be able to not be a famous person and just to take pictures.”

“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.”

“I've grown up around people who love photography, and I think from being photographed for so long, I always wanted to understand how it worked, and I've been fortunate enough to be photographed by some really wonderful photographers, and so I learnt a lot from them, and I always ask them questions.”

“We all want love and to feel safe, wanted, cared for, to like our selves, our bodies, to have families and feel okay in the world.”

“I got sick of being famous. It is not a desirable 'job.'”

“Female friendships have sustained me from my earliest days as a child.”

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

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

“You are the most important thing in your life. Put yourself at the center of your life.”

“Life is going to happen to you no matter what weight you are, no matter how famous you are, no matter how much money you have in the bank. No one gets a free pass.”

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

“Retouching is an incredible tool but can also create unrealistic expectations for women who don't understand that an image is not how the subject really looks. Even the subjects themselves can't live up to their retouched images.”

“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?”

“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.”

“I go to the Korean spa when the kids go to bed. It's like I turn my brain off.”

“In marriage, you sacrifice the adrenaline rush of seeing someone new for the comfort of being with someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway.”