When New York-based photographer Samantha Casolari was commissioned by Allure to shoot a story about womens pubic hair grooming habits in May 2017, it was her first experience working with completely naked subjects.

Im Italian, I come from a Catholic country. We have embedded in our minds that nudity is something shameful, not something you really show, she told HuffPost. After she shot the series, the magazine, the participants and everyone involved was pleased with the result.

(In case it wasnt clear, the images below contain nudity.)