“Embody pulls back the curtain on women contemplating their own nudity, skin and beauty on their own terms, revealing a healing vision for a wounded world.” – Phil Cousineau, author, teacher, traveler
“Lone Mørch’s work is stunning on so many levels; her images and writing lay bare our constructed facades of femininity and invite us to look again.” – Kristin Kaye, author
“Mørch captures the startling interplay of light and shadow in women’s bodies, inside and out, gently slipping beneath cultural and personal coverings to invite a lifting of expectations, an evaporation of anxiety, and a movement toward true liberation.” – Erin Byrne, author, screenwriter, teacher
“Lone’s project is timely and special on so many levels. The writing is as important as the images for they both tell a story… the gift of finding oneself. –Elizabeth Opalenik, photographic artist, educator, author of Poetics.
What a wonderful project. Strong photos that shows the female body in ways we rarely see and leave us with a lot of emotions. When the shamefulness of the normal is completely gone, the body is so beautiful and lovely, and it can begin to sense and be sensed in return. Wow. – Camilla Stockmann, journalist Politiken
Mini-doc about the EMBODY Project
Music by Jo Hamilton - Deeper from the album Gown
EMBODY: Intimate Photographic Encounters with Women is based on Lone Mørch’s longterm experience of photographing hundreds of European and American women from 17 to 95. In her quest for a woman's complicated truth, she captures the startling interplay between the seer and the seen, as they encounter the light and shadow in their bodies, minds and psyches. In photos and prose, Embody lets you be voyeur to women's private thoughts and motives as they seek the freedom to see and to be seen.
In a world where most photography has been dominated by the male gaze and the female body is still sold, shamed and legislated over, women have to work hard to (re-)discover and connect to their bodies, to their inner selves. With this book and Lone’s photographic work she helps women look at themselves, restore their dignity and retain a bit of her feminine mystery..
Available through me or Danish bookstores.
Exclusive Edition. Hard bound.
Fabric cover, folio titles, embossed.
Offset printed 176 pages.
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Seeing Red: A Woman's Quest for Truth, Power and the Sacred (She Writes Press Nov. 2012) is an honest memoir of a women's quest for freedom. Climbing both inner and outer mountains, it takes you to the holy Mount Kailas in Tibet, through a seven-year marriage in San Francisco, and into the arms of the fierce goddess Kali in Kathmandu. A memoir about coming into one’s own, a love affair with the Himalayas and an unforgettable journey through all shades of red – love, passion, power, rage, danger, fire and the sacred.
Winner of Tanenbaum Literary Award, Bronze at Readers' Favorites and Honorable Mention at San Francisco Book Festival 2013.
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Published by She Writes Press, distributed by Simon & Schuster. Buy it there, at your bookstore, or Amazon and Amazon UK.
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“Seeing Red” traces the demanding pilgrimage to Tibet’s Mount Kailas, where outer extremes awaken hidden strengths and inner demons. Thoughtful and compelling, the book maps the unexpected places where we seek — and find — personal power. — Jeff Greenwald, author
Overflowing with insight into the feminine journey, “Seeing Red” shows how we wake up to our own power by risking heartbreak and meeting our deepest selves. It blends spiritual and physical experience in a heady mix that is both charming and bracing. —Jane Ganahl, co-founder, Litquake
We all have mountains to climb, and in “Seeing Red” Lone climbs hers several times over in search of power and freedom. This vivid, honest memoir traces encounters with inner and outer demons from Mount Kailas to California and Kathmandu, revealing how grace seeps in when we dare to tell ourselves the truth. — Kristine Carlson, author of Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff for Women
A social comedy with the wit and brio of Mary McCarthy or Alison Lurie, “Seeing Red” explores the spectacular clash of East and West. By turns humorous, poetic, and illuminating, it takes readers on an unforgettable journey where grace seeps in — almost by accident. —Mary Tannenbaum Literary Award judges
Nothing But The Truth So Help Me God: 51 Women Reveal the Power of Positive Female Connection.
Paperback 2012 by A Band of Wives
Christine Bronstein (Author), Carol Pott (Editor)
I contributed the essay Through Another Lens and black and white photography.
Available on Amazon.
To Nepal With Love: A Travel Guide for the Connoisseur (To Asia with Love)
Kim Fay (Editor), Cristi Hegranes (Editor).
Contributed story on hiking in the Solokhumbu region.
Available at Amazon.
Det levende parforhold - fra konflikt til nærvær
af Kirsten Seidenfaden
Om mulighederne for at begynde eller fortsætte en god udvikling i sit parforhold. Bidrog med en historie om kærlighed og syv års krise.
Mothers-In-Law Do Everything Wrong: M.I.L.D.E.W.
by Liz Bluper (Author), Renee Plastique (Author)
Paperback – April 19, 2004
Contributed two vignettes about my fun relationship to my mother-in-law.
Available at Amazon.
More BOok Reviews
EMBODY
Elizabeth Opalenik, artist, educator, author of Poetics.
Lone’s project is timely and special on so many levels. The writing is as important as the images for they both tell a story… the gift of finding oneself.
Erin Byrne, author, screenwriter, teacher
In Embody, Lone Mørch invites us beneath layers of cultural expectation into a place of ease, truth, and liberation. Her images and words challenge us to loosen perfection’s grip, see ourselves differently, and — remarkably — be transformed in the process.
Sarah Kornfeld, author
Embody is a masterful exploration of vulnerability and power — ravishing in both beauty and truth. It offers a new vision of women’s nobility: not perfection, but how we move through being undone into the next chapter of our lives.
Grant Benson
Rich in depth and meaning, Embody is a powerful expression of healing and awakening. Lone Mørch’s artistry and writing dissolve the veil between the visible and invisible, inviting the feminine — in women and men alike — back into wholeness.
Kirsten Stendevad, author & leadership mentor
Lone is not just a photographer — she is an artist with a mission to liberate us from the layers we hide behind. Embody is profound, sensual, and deeply human. She is a woman worth following.
Jalaja Bonheim, Author, founder of CircleWorks.
The images are so beautiful! I love the way you are helping women recognize and celebrate their beauty. We need this!!
Monica Flores
A gorgeously shot, deeply empathetic portrait of women of all ages and shapes — fierce, vulnerable, unmasked. A celebration of the wild and eternal beauty of the human spirit.
Staci Hyatt
In a culture that sexualizes women’s bodies, Lone offers something rare: a safe, playful, and liberating space where women are seen as whole, confident, and at home in their skin.
Bent Nielsen, collector
A truly beautiful book — exquisite photographs, powerful stories, and exceptional craftsmanship. I’m proud to own it.
Ole Silkjær
A beautiful, brutal, sensual, and liberating return to naked truth. A rare book that gently undresses our fear of the body and restores dignity, innocence, and humanity in a body-shy time.
Bo Heimann
A sensual and poetic work that reclaims the female body on women’s own terms. Though made for women, it offers men a deeper, more loving way of seeing — urgently needed in our time.
Christina Prinds
A stunning, sensual, and deeply intelligent book that insists on intimacy as a human right. What moved me most is how photography — so often blamed for harming body image — here becomes profoundly liberating.
SEEING RED
Linda Watanabe McFerrin, author
“A dispassionate tale about a woman who knowingly gives up on herself, and have to fight tooth and nail to reclaim herself, and lose everything she's held dear to see the truth, it appeals to both women and men.”Grant Benson
A revealing and exhilarating true story, “Seeing Red” touches archetypal themes in our shared pilgrimage through life. With exquisite honesty and heart, Morch bridges the spiritual and the earthy, the sacred and the sensual, illuminating her global quest like light through a prism.Burt Kempner
One of the most affecting memoirs I’ve ever read, “Seeing Red” is powerful, raw, unsparing, and radiantly beautiful. Morch explores the cost and gift of creativity and the stripping away required for communion with the Divine, ending on a hard-earned note of hope.Jaguar Kukulcan
A provocative and insightful exploration of the journeys we all face in search of Self, “Seeing Red” captures the courage it takes to navigate our depths. Morch writes with exquisite honesty and heart — a compelling and resonant read.Christine Nguyen, Readers’ Favorite
A moving memoir of self-discovery, freedom, and self-love, “Seeing Red” may challenge readers but waits patiently until they are ready. Morch’s honest, metaphor-rich writing resonates deeply and offers a guide to personal and sacred power.
Allyson Stinchfield
“Once I began reading ‘Seeing Red’, I couldn’t put it down; Morch shares the good, the bad and the ugly of her journey in a way that released my own healing tears. If you’re tired of superficial living and ready to get real, this book is a powerful starting point around that big mountain.”Wendy Bertrand, author
“‘Seeing Red’ took me far from my everyday life and made me see the color red with many more shades and meanings. With keen observations on culture, place and feminine power, Morch drills into her soul in a way that enriches all of us and offers a journey no travel agent could design.”