Maria Ezcurra

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15 primaveras


15 Springs
15 Printemps


2007

15 quinceañera dresses with women's names embroidered on the chest. Each name also implies a supposed feminine "virtue" or ideal, which through rituals such as the lavish 15th birthday party exercises and maintains heteropatriarchal social norms imposed on women.

Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra
Photo: Maria Ezcurra