Appalled that society’s norms and the rise of social media would lead such a young child to have body image issues, Lynn set about countering this with a "body positive" project of her own.
The result is an exhibition, entitled "Every Body is a Treasure", which will be presented from April 25 to 28 at the Dunedin Community Gallery.
Lynn said the exhibition was "a counterpoint to the 400-600 photoshopped images that we and our daughters see each day".
"The exhibition is my love letter to my niece and every other girl/woman who has been sold the BS story that there is only one kind of beauty (skinny, white, and young)."
The images in "Every Body is a Treasure" feature women from around New Zealand covered in golden clay, photographed from their necks to their bellies.
Dunedin women are invited to become part of the exhibition themselves if they wish.
The exhibition project has received Dunedin arts funding, and the New Zealand Film Commission has funded a movie that is being made about the exhibition creation.
Lynn will also be looking for stories of Dunedin women to be featured in a webseries that will be shot while she is in the city for the exhibition.
In addition to the exhibition, Lynn is presenting a workshop entitled Click Happy, which uses photography to teach wellbeing to youth.
Aimed at young photographers 10 and over, the workshops teach how to use photography sessions, philosophy and philanthropy.
There are scholarships to be won through a photography competition, visit clickhappy.org for information.
The "Every Body is a Treasure" exhibition opening will be held on Sunday at 3pm, and the artist will be in residence at the Dunedin Community Gallery from 1pm to 5pm on Monday and Tuesday.
For more information on the exhibition, and to find out how to be part of it, either as a photography subject or as a volunteer, visit www.the mojolution.org/exhibition.
There is also a Ted Talk about the exhibition and workshops available on Youtube.
