A passion for simplicity and empathic photo storytelling.
If you are the type of family or woman looking for authentic portraits without the fuss… I can give you what you need.
Introverts find their place with me – and in front of my camera.
What I can do for you
Our Process Together
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Understand
Let’s grab a cup of something cosy and talk about what is it that you want for your project – I love this step, because it allows us to know each other better.
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Imagine
Let’s picture together your ideal outcome, the one that’s going to make you feel: “We did an amazing job”.
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Create
This is the moment we make the actual thing happen: you enjoy yourself in a confortable and nice location, and I do what I know.
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Build
Look at the sunset. Surround yourself with angels, positive energy, beautiful people, beautiful souls. Your finished project will soon arrive to you.
“My mother became ill with Alzheimer’s shortly before my daughter was born. The course of the disease was very rapid, and within a few months I could no longer recognize her. The pain was so deep that I had put a barrier between myself and the “stranger” I was facing. It was thanks to some photos found by chance that I was able to rebuild my relationship with my mother. Seeing her smile as she looked at me immediately brought me back to our loving relationship, and from there I was able to process the suffering over her illness.
Taking the photos together with Valeria represented for me a kind of emotional testament to my daughter. I wanted our moments of intimacy while breastfeeding her, of love, complicity and play to be able to become visible.
Thank you Valeria for capturing this.”
— Alessandra R. (Switzerland)
Let’s work together.
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Hello ★ My name is Valeria.
Portuguese-Argentinian, born and raised in Argentina, South America. I currently live and work between Portugal and France. I travel often for work and out of a love for discovery.
Mom of Luz, a tout-petite who only lived through me, born lifeless in July 2021.
Following this experience, I completed my training in Thanatology to support the grieving process, which notably allowed me to lay the groundwork for my other project, “From the Void” a space offering support for perinatal grief for Latin American women.
I work through listening, conversation, and therapeutic photography.
After +20 years as a BA film studies graduate, I specialize in relational and genealogical storytelling.
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A project for life
Other artists have chosen me to document their performances.
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Causes I have documented
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At the moment of contracting my services, clients express their refusal or consent to have their material partially or fully published.
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