the women's smiles hide violence, trauma, pain. These photographs represent the women of my family and their silences.
Barbara Zanon (b. 1979, Venice) is an Italian photojournalist and portrait photographer whose work explores intimacy, identity, and the complexity of human experience. Working professionally since 2004, she combines a documentary approach with a deeply personal visual language. Since 2009, she has been a contributor to Getty Images. Her work has been widely published internationally, including in The New York Times, TIME, The Guardian, El País, Financial Times, Vogue, CNN, and Der Spiegel, among others.
