Americans. In progress.. (68 images)

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  • Austin, Texas , Usa 2012.










  • Republican´s portraits.


  • Hickory North Carolina. Pageants in the USA is a common and well know celebration that in one hand gives the children self confidence and security in life but in the other can be dangerous and painfull for their future.
































  • Although there are precedents, the modern young girls' beauty pageants began in the 60s in New Jersey and Miami. Presently, in the United States, there are 25,000 child contestants signed up in said pageants within a deep-rooted business, albeit anarchic and lacking in legal structure. Some states have laws that regulates the pageants, but not all; some pageants offer cash prizes -the final objective of many mothers- while others, like the Connecticut pageant, award cheap plastic crowns as a trophy.. .A prestigious psycholigiste stated that "There is a projection in some parents than can lead to an addictive behavior in the girls whose parents compulsively take part in these pageants. Only the external aspects are considered here, like being the cutest or the prettiest above all the other contestants. This child will grow up thinking this is the most important aspect in real life