Reaching for people
“I often use the signature “Reaching for people” as a footer for my pictures
because I look for people, catching something that they are pleased to share with me.
Pleased or not.
Sometimes they don’t even know what the hell I’m looking for…
Sometimes they seem to be more prepared than me for that moment of sharing.
As a matter of fact, I have to earn their trust and clear their doubts.
This is what I felt during the Drag Queen Contest.
All of us wear a mask around the streets and in life and we struggle to let others
look beyond that mask.
The fascinating paradox is for the Drag Queens I met is that they wear a mask in
order to exist in their own way and not to be accepted.
They have the courage to scream what they are, what they feel they are and who
they want to be.
It is a statement of freedom.”
It is a statement of power and consciousness.
Think about, how rare it is!
Chiara Ferrante
“我經常使用 “ Reaching for people” 作為我照片的簽名，因為我在尋找人們，捕
捉他們樂意與我分享的東西。
樂意與不樂意。
有時候他們甚至不知道我在找什麼…
有時候，他們似乎比我更加準備好分享。
事實上，我必須贏得他們的信任並消除他們的疑慮。
就像是我在選美皇后比賽中的感受。
我們所有人在路上和生活中都戴著口罩，我們以口罩不讓其他人看穿。
我遇到的扮裝皇后最引人入勝的悖論是，他們戴著口罩是為了以自己的方式存
在而非被人們接受。
他們有勇氣大聲說出自己是什麼，自己的感覺以及想要成為誰。
這是自由的聲明。”
這是對他們存在的力量和意識的陳述。
多麼稀有！
Chiara Ferrante
