PURE. Proud teen mothers. When a young woman decides to keep her baby, who are we to judge and disapprove of her choice? She chose LIFE. 9 Stories and 30 portraits of PUUR. Trotse tienermoeders (Dutch, previously published in 2009) are now available in English. In the Netherlands being a teenmom is the real last taboo. With teenage pregnancy numbers being almost the lowest of the world, as well the abortion rate, young mothers age 16-23 are still rejected and prejudiced. All portraits in the book are Photoshop FREE, empowering body positivity since 2006. Author and fine art photographer Melanie E. Rijkers published a follow up called PURE 2 in 2011, with focus on the mothers’ handwritten personal stories (in Dutch). PhotoTherapy, part of Eyespiration Seeing Pure projects.