Mara Cabral
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Mara Cabral is a Portuguese photographer, based in South Wales, UK. She has a BA in contemporary dance and is very keen on linking different arts into her photographic creative work. She also runs a outdoor portrait photography business and has a special interest in documenting childhood through her photos.
Mara Cabral · commented on 2 posts
over 6 years ago
What a beautiful project and a wonderful collection of photos. I have always admired white/grey hair and love love love seeing it being celebrated. These ladies are all so full of beauty and power <3
What a wonderful project. We need more and more of these to be made <3
Mara Cabral · upvoted 3 items
over 6 years ago
Mara Cabral · upvoted 9 items
almost 7 years ago
These pictures also convey how I feel at times in the battle with depression. Using mostly muted colors it shows that our different types of mental problems are not just black and white; they are varying shades of color. Yes, all the way from the blackest thoughts to the soft colors of being somewhat normal. Please keep the battle going, and please continue to use your photography to try to convey what all of us feel like.
Mara Cabral · published 2 posts
about 7 years ago
Mara Cabral · commented on 2 posts
about 7 years ago
That sentence ''The everyday things that people do without a second thought'' really stroke a cord with me. So so true... Mental illnesses make you feel chain and impotent. I'm sorry you had to deal with it and thank you so much for your comments on the photos.
Thank you so much Jasmine. It means a lot to me that these photos can move other people <3
Mara Cabral · submitted 10 posts
about 7 years ago
Mara Cabral · upvoted 3 items
about 9 years ago
Mara Cabral · upvoted 2 items
over 10 years ago
While I agree with your point to a certain extent, I want to point out that post production has always existed, even in camera obscura. The great photos you see have always undergone great, invisible editors. The Photoshop of old were paper masks and flashes of lights here and there, while today an editor can do so much more, but the concept is: even on national geographic, what you see is never, ever what the camera has seen. The great photos of the world have always been "photoshopped" in many, many ways, and that's what makes them good.
It is not meant to be a documented picture showing exactly how things are. As the photographer is quoted, he approaches his work with a "fantastical and surreal" angle. I find it strange that people act as if a photograph must be taken naturally to be beautiful or art. Using Photoshop is just another tool to create art.