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# Portraits of Domestic Workers
‘Domesticas' Explores Relationship Between Servants and

By Marissa Brassfield | Published 2008-12-29 | Art & Design
Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/domestic-workers-domesticas
References: [notcot.org](http://www.notcot.org/post/17653/) & [andrejbalco](http://www.andrejbalco.com/)

Andrej Balco’s ‘Domesticas’ is a photographic project that explores the interaction between [wealthy Brazilians](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/jf-residence) and their domestic servants. Balco used a [medium format camera and artificial illumination](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/glass-portraits) to capture these servants, their houselords and their common environment.

According to Balco, a crucial component to ‘Domesticas’ was the element of choice in the domestic workers he photographed: “I was attempting to create a portrait of them in their domestic or work environment, in the position that they had chosen themselves.”

## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter)

- Score: 1.7/10
- Popularity: 41% | Activity: 2% | Freshness: 8%
- Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women
- Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X
- Top markets: North America, Europe

## Categories

[Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Art & Design](https://www.trendhunter.com/artdesign) > [Modern](https://www.trendhunter.com/modern)

## Key Themes

### What's Driving This Trend

- **Photographic Documentation of Domestic Workers:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in using photography to shed light on the relationship between domestic workers and their employers.
- **Exploring Power Dynamics in Household Relationships:** Potential for disruptive innovation in studying and understanding the power dynamics between wealthy individuals and their domestic servants.
- **Medium Format Photography in Social Commentary:** Disruptive innovation opportunity in using medium format photography to capture and convey social issues like the interaction between domestic workers and their employers.

### Who This Affects Most

- **Photography:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the photography industry by creating new techniques or approaches in capturing social issues.
- **Sociology and Anthropology:** Disruptive innovation potential in the field of sociology and anthropology by studying and analyzing power dynamics in household relationships.
- **Human Resources and Employment:** Opportunity for disruptive innovation in the human resources and employment sector by reevaluating and improving the working conditions and dynamics for domestic workers.

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