“Feminine Cycles” essay records the 7 phases of a woman’s life

There are many more things in the path of a woman than there is between heaven and earth.🇧🇷 The adaptation of the staff may seem exaggerated, but it is not: what ensures is the delicate photographic project Female Cycleswhich emerged earlier this year through the lens of Brazilian photographerfrom Santa Catarina at heart, Thank you Ventura38 years old.

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thanks was customer service director at one of the most renowned advertising agencies in the country, to DM9DDB. It’s also degree in photography from Concordia Universityin Canada – a course taken during the five years he spent in the country – in a successful attempt to seek a profession that makes you feel fuller and happier with your craft🇧🇷

During that period, he became portray womenalongside her friend and photographer Betina Abrão, in an initiative conceived by the two entitled Flora Photography🇧🇷 She got married, gave birth to a daughter and started looking for which framing of the photographic branch would represent you more🇧🇷

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It was in a lecture given by wedding photography specialist, Renato D`Paula, at the 3rd edition of Fair Photographin São Paulo, that the insight arose: it is the intensity of rawness and naturalness in documentary photography that provokes it most🇧🇷

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“I was impressed with the power of the language of images to tell a storywhat’s it a passion dormant in me for many years“, says Grazi: “Recording the various realities intrinsic to our universe is a thought-provoking and enchanting experience – the experiences of a woman, the various periods of her life, the pains and those of her being🇧🇷

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The choice of the number of cycles was not by chance: “Seven years ago, two things changed my life as a woman forever.: I became mother and photographer🇧🇷 Both transformations were the kickoff for a journey of self-discovery towards my centerseeking out very intense and feminine values ​​and characteristics within me“, he explains.

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Fragmented into 7 parts, the project portrays the cycles that subdivide our trajectory: Childhoodrepresented by the clicks of her little Isabela, 7 years old; Adolescencestarring Beatriz, 16 years old, daughter of her coach Mariana Kogwell; Adulthoodwith photos of her 28-year-old sister Giulia; Gestationportrayed by Barbara’s cesarean section, who gave life to Luis Augusto; Maternitywith photos of Daniella Finotti and her family of 7 children aged between 3 and 17 years old; Maturityrepresented by a CEO of a large company and, finally, Third Agewhich will be held with photos of his mother, Rita de Cássia Ventura, grandmother of three children and a chef specializing in children’s cuisine.

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In a world where the majority of the photographic records are praised for their degree of artificiality and production🇧🇷 follow the daily life of a woman who has the arduous task of taking care of 7 children for a whole day and register it, without glamorization or mystification, it is an act of courage.

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“Documentary photography is an opportunity to materialize a storyso there is a need for extreme care and respect in my work; when I look at them, I’m also looking at myselfremembering my grandmother’s breaded steak, the stories my father told me when he was rocking me to sleep”, concludes Grazi.

The photos that illustrate the article are part of the Maternity Cycle and record the routine Daniella Finotti, mother of 7 children.