Susana Bravo (the project’s author) invited 38 members of APPACDM Lisboa (Portuguese Association of Parents and Friends of the Intellectual Disabled Citizen) to participate in a photography session where, for a day, they were photographic models. Over six sessions, we spent the day combing, cutting, dressing, making up, photographing, and above all, we learnt that it is much simpler to find joy among these participants than we thought. We were all humbled by their tenderness, love and sincerity.
The definitions of beauty and perfection, codes that often carry prejudice, have gained new contours here: in each model we found a different, daring expression, an unique look, another way of being. We rediscovered beauty.