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Blossom

“Blossom” confronts infibulation, a brutal practice suppressing women’s autonomy. A stitched tulip symbolizes stifled beauty and youth sacrificed under false notions of love. The photo demands awareness, condemns violence, and calls for global action to end oppression and reclaim women’s freedom.

Awards

Color Photography Contest

2025

Nominee

Conceptual

Non Professional

Blossom

“Blossom” confronts infibulation, a brutal practice suppressing women’s autonomy. A stitched tulip symbolizes stifled beauty and youth sacrificed under false notions of love. The photo demands awareness, condemns violence, and calls for global action to end oppression and reclaim women’s freedom.

About Artist

Flavia Rastelli

Flavia Rastelli was born in May 1991 in Rome, she has always shown a strong interest in art and creativity since childhood, beginning when she assisted her mother, a early years teacher, in creating small objects. She graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome, where she continued her study on Specific Learning Disorders, presenting works at events like "In/Out" organized by Accademy and to the exhibition organized by artist Flavio Marzadro at Macro Asilo in 2019, featured in the book "Storie di Vita di Arte e di DSA" edited by Enrico Pusceddu. She also participated in an exhibition organized by Camera Book 2 at Villa Mondragone in 2023. In December 2024, she exhibited at Dantebus editions' gallery on Via Margutta, with her photography appearing in the journal "Margutta" volume 11/2024 accompanied by an art review. In April 2025, another of her photographs was exhibited at at Dantebus gallery in Florence and later published in “Florentia”, volume 1/2025 also accompanied by an art review. That same photograph received an award at the 11th Fine Art Photography Awards in the Amateur Photomanipulation category. Currently, she works as a Graphic Designer while continuing to explore her passion for art through various forms, with photography being her primary medium, representing a fragmented and abstract vision of the world around her.

Flavia Rastelli

Photographic Areas of Focus

Fine Art, Portrait

Location

Italy

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