My Brazilian Beauty Rituals Are Part of My Immigration Story

09.05.2022, 10:27 allure.com

With a new photography zine, artist Ares Maia is telling her immigration story through the lens of beauty. Ares Maia is a Brazil-born artist, filmmaker, and recent Parsons School of Design graduate living in New York City. Her latest project is Beauty & Immigration, a photo zine that explores the relationship between beauty and identity for Brazilian immigrants. Here in her own words — and accompanied by an exclusive preview of her original photography — Maia shares her experience as a Gen-Z immigrant creating her own definition of beauty.