Nadja Cristina Gomes Bezerra, 42, with four-month-old daughter Alice Vitoria from Recife, Brazil.
Anne Bailey
Across Women's Lives photographer Anne Bailey spent time last week at the Fundação Altino Ventura rehabilitation clinic in Recife, Brazil, where she took portraits of the parents of babies with microcephaly while their children waited to be seen by a physical therapist.
You can see additional portraits of the strong women and men from this series on the Across Women's Lives Instagram @womenslives and the Instagram feed of our partners at @frontlinepbs.
Maria de Fatima Silva Oliveira, 21, with three-month-old son Joaquim Gabriel Oliveira Ferreira. Once a week, they travel three hours by car from Frei Miguelinho to Recife so Joaquim Gabriel can participate in physical therapy. Anne BaileyGermana Soares, 24, from Ipojuca with three-month-old son Guilherme. Learn more about Soares and her involvement with other mothers of babies with microcephaly here. Anne BaileyAndre Guimaraes, 35, with three-month-old daughter Lauren de Fatima Guimaraes. From Jaboatão dos Guararapes, one hour south of Recife by car.Anne BaileyRosana Xavier, 26, with daughter Maria Klara, 1 year and four months. From Olinda, just north of Recife.Anne BaileyHilda Venancio da Silva, 38, with four-month-old son Matheus Jober Junior da Silva. From Recife.Anne BaileyPaulo Rogerio Cavalcanti Araújo, 47, with four-month-old daughter Eduarda Vitória. From Recife.Anne BaileySusana Lima da Silva, 25, with three-month-old son William Gabriel. From Recife.Anne Bailey
