`It is a woman's right. It is the expression of her autonomy to claim uncompromising power over her own body and the determination of her own future. It is overcoming motherhood as a biological destiny.'

For the Lives of All Women is a collection of photographs and interviews by Camila Cavalcante. For over two years, Cavalcante travelled around Brazil meeting women who have had, or who have been witness to, illegal abortions. She photographed a total of 50 women who, with their identities protected, shared their stories and intensified the debate for women’s reproductive rights.  

In these photos, Cavalcante exposes her body and her identity on behalf of these women in an act of dissent, as well as solidarity, for all, making her collection of portraits both deeply personal and political. Within this context, For the Lives of All Women is an act of rebellion in itself.

Camila Cavalcante is a visual artist with a background in journalism and art criticism, with a varied interest in investigating the conceptual, sentimental and social perception of art. Through the use of documentary photography, her work intertwines embroidery, collage and installation to create a place in which the idea of ‘private’ and ‘public’ overlap and complement each other.

You can follow Camila’s work here:

@camilacavalcante.art