Artist Sasha Frolova s dreamlike series Busts was inspired by an occurrence familiar to many women online: the internet tried to police her body.

Around a year and a half ago, Frolova took a self-portrait in the bathtub shortly after suffering a panic attack. Although the image wasnt in any way sexual or suggestive to Frolova, the image was one of vulnerability and strength Facebook (and Instagram) censored it. Because Frolovas nipples were visible, the platforms deemed the photo inappropriate and promptly took it down.

After taking a hiatus from photography, Frolova wanted to address the complex network of eroticization, judgement, censorship and disempowerment women face simply for living in the bodies they were born with. The resulting images combine photography and painting to challenge social medias loaded censorship policy, which, according to Frolova, does not delineate pornography from anatomy.