Woman Behind the Lens

Fabiola Ferrero spoke about her current project Reinas to Kristi Greenwood for the Guardian’s Woman Behind the Lens series.

“Growing up in Caracas in the 90s, every year the country was essentially paralysed when Miss Venezuela occurred. As part of my ongoing project Reinas, there are times when I’ve been to five or six pageants in a week. Women of all ages, the queer community, are all involved.

This photograph was spontaneous. I was attending a pageant for young girls and they were rehearsing. I saw this little girl with her pink dress going up the stairs by herself, delicate and feminine, as if she’s walking towards a dream, but then you see the reality around it. They don’t match up.”

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