Echoes of
Childhood

Editorial project

In a world that rushes fast, suspended between virtual and often fictitious realities, it is extraordinary to remain authentic and keep alive that spark of wonder and innocence that has accompanied us since childhood, when time was not a measure, but simply a horizon waiting to be explored. The “child” is a pure being, a free soul guided by curiosity, incapable of thinking in terms of limits, duties or expectations. It is we, through our society and its codes, who shape the youngest members of society to fit into patterns, to perform at their best, and in doing so we lose that precious ability to see the world through innocent eyes.

 

This project stems from the desire to evoke childhood and reawaken that silent “inner child” that still lives within each of us: a part of the human being that time, however relentless, cannot touch, because the true beauty of life is not an aesthetic condition or an unattainable ideal, but a way of inhabiting time and space with courage, living each day with open eyes and a heart still ready to be amazed, despite everything.

 

Photographer and Director: Chiara Bertinetti, Photo assistant: Giovanni Bergadano, Light assistant: Francesco Berra, Model: Cindy R. Wirth, Set designer: Valentina Dagrada, Stylist: Lucas Longo, MakeUp: Lavinia Vieceli

PUBLISHER:

Flanelle Magazine