THE MAKING OF

Spring Summer 2026 | MARÍA collection 

with Silvana Trevale

For spring summer 26, Silvia through her lens explores femininity, youth, and Latin American identity with a quiet, observational sensitivity.

Silvana Trevale

Photographer

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For spring summer 26, Silvia through her lens explores femininity, youth, and Latin American identity with a quiet, observational sensitivity.

Silvana Trevale

Photographer

Venezuelan photographer whose work blends documentary and fashion portraiture to explore femininity, youth, and Latin American identity.

Her work has been exhibited at institutions such as Photo London and the Palais Galliera in Paris, and recognized with awards including the Prix Picto de la Photographie de Mode 2024 and the Photo London x Nikon Emerging Photographer Award 2025. Most recently, she was named Emerging Photographer by the Latin American Fashion Awards.

After photographing Agua’s Spring Summer 2026 campaign in Mexico, a dialogue began. One shaped by shared sensibilities around image, femininity, and memory.

I would describe myself as a dreamer, optimist and determined person. Since I was very young I saw life with a lot of light, and this is something I have carried with me through my whole life. 

How do you celebrate women?

I celebrate women through my work. Photography is the most natural tool for me to celebrate women by recognizing them through photography. It has allowed me to open spaces to explore the story of the women of my life and the women that I admire across my Latin American culture and the world. I celebrate the women of my life, my mom, my grandma, and my great grandma, Cayetana. She was an Indigenous Black woman, and through her I was able to understand my family’s history and recognize the strong women that I come from.

I have also been able to work with different groups of women who are breaking the norms and entering spaces that have been ruled by men through time. Such as the fisherwomen of Chuao in Venezuela, the National female Baseball team of Venezuela, and numerous women that I have met through different projects and the work I do in my home country, and across Latin America.

I think what I can add to the world as a woman, specifically through photography, is that I approach things with care and tenderness. Even though I am a very determined person and I plan and tackle my projects with responsibility and strong energy, I develop them and work with people with a lot of care and love. I feel that having a feminine and female perspective often brings a softer approach to projects, not weaker, but caring.

Women who inspire you?

People from my industry would be Alessia Glaviano, Daniela Benaim and Patricia Pietri. Female artists would be Marisol Escobar and Violeta Parra. In the music industry, Natalia Lafourcade, Celia Cruz and Rosalia.  And for the people in my life, my mom, my grandmother and the women I photograph.

What is femininity?

I think femininity is feeling comfortable with your own body and with your self expression through clothes, and being genuine with your beliefs in yourself and what you want to do.

I would like to think that the femininity in my images comes through the power of the women I photograph by documenting them in their spaces, where they feel comfortable and most strong.

Which woman has had a profound impact on your life?

It is hard to choose one woman that changed my life before and after, but I would say it is my grandmother, Rosa. Since I was born, Ifelt her love. I hold memories of my youth of her love translated in her making me dresses, and how she took care of me.

That shaped my understanding of memory through clothes, fabric, and fashion later on. It began with her love when I was young, and as I grew up I understood the power of fabric and how much memory clothes can hold.

As I grew older, I also understood that she is the closest connection I have to my lineage, apart from my mom, and the eldest connection to my lineage that has inspired a lot of my practice and still inspires it.

What does it mean to be a woman and bring Latin American fashion to the world?

Being a Latin American woman bringing Latin American fashion to the world feels like a privilege. I get to work with people I admire in the industry, and meet great minds and creatives that inspire me. It often becomes a very beautiful collaboration.

At the same time, it is a responsibility. I feel that Latin American brands and creatives have not always received the exposure or recognition they deserve internationally. Only a few have had that visibility. Things are changing, even if slowly, and because of that I try to approach the exposure I receive with responsibility and care.

What was your journey to get where you are today?

It has been a hard and challenging road, but also a beautiful one. Along the way I have met people who have inspired me and collaborated with me. I also had the privilege of returning to Venezuela to create a piece of work that I hold very close to my heart and that has helped heal some of the heartbreak I feel for my country.

This journey has allowed me to see the world, experience different cultures, and connect with people who now feel like family to me. I have also felt a lot of generosity from other cultures, especially in England and the United States.

How would you like to be remembered?

I would like to be remembered as someone who brings joy and light to people’s lives. Through my work, I hope to be remembered as someone who contributed to preserving the identity of Venezuela, and possibly Latin America in the future, while collaborating with artists with integrity and care.

“Ask yourself what moves you, what makes you angry, what makes you cry or smile and explore that” 

Her work has been exhibited at institutions such as Photo London and the Palais Galliera in Paris, and recognized with awards including the Prix Picto de la Photographie de Mode 2024 and the Photo London x Nikon Emerging Photographer Award 2025. Most recently, she was named Emerging Photographer by the Latin American Fashion Awards.

After photographing Agua’s Spring Summer 2026 campaign in Mexico, a dialogue began. One shaped by shared sensibilities around image, femininity, and memory.

"I would describe myself as a dreamer, optimist and determined person. Since I was very young I saw life with a lot of light, and this is something I have carried with me through my whole life"

How do you celebrate women?

I celebrate women through my work. Photography is the most natural tool for me to celebrate women by recognizing them through photography. It has allowed me to open spaces to explore the story of the women of my life and the women that I admire across my Latin American culture and the world. I celebrate the women of my life, my mom, my grandma, and my great grandma, Cayetana. She was an Indigenous Black woman, and through her I was able to understand my family’s history and recognize the strong women that I come from.

I have also been able to work with different groups of women who are breaking the norms and entering spaces that have been ruled by men through time. Such as the fisherwomen of Chuao in Venezuela, the National female Baseball team of Venezuela, and numerous women that I have met through different projects and the work I do in my home country, and across Latin America.

I think what I can add to the world as a woman, specifically through photography, is that I approach things with care and tenderness. Even though I am a very determined person and I plan and tackle my projects with responsibility and strong energy, I develop them and work with people with a lot of care and love. I feel that having a feminine and female perspective often brings a softer approach to projects, not weaker, but caring.

Women who inspire you?

People from my industry would be Alessia Glaviano, Daniela Benaim and Patricia Pietri. Female artists would be Marisol Escobar and Violeta Parra. In the music industry, Natalia Lafourcade, Celia Cruz and Rosalia.  And for the people in my life, my mom, my grandmother and the women I photograph.

What is femininity?

I think femininity is feeling comfortable with your own body and with your self expression through clothes, and being genuine with your beliefs in yourself and what you want to do.

I would like to think that the femininity in my images comes through the power of the women I photograph by documenting them in their spaces, where they feel comfortable and most strong.

Which woman has had a profound impact on your life?

It is hard to choose one woman that changed my life before and after, but I would say it is my grandmother, Rosa. Since I was born, Ifelt her love. I hold memories of my youth of her love translated in her making me dresses, and how she took care of me.

That shaped my understanding of memory through clothes, fabric, and fashion later on. It began with her love when I was young, and as I grew up I understood the power of fabric and how much memory clothes can hold.

Which woman has had a profound impact on your life?

Being a Latin American woman bringing Latin American fashion to the world feels like a privilege. I get to work with people I admire in the industry, and meet great minds and creatives that inspire me. It often becomes a very beautiful collaboration.

At the same time, it is a responsibility. I feel that Latin American brands and creatives have not always received the exposure or recognition they deserve internationally. Only a few have had that visibility. Things are changing, even if slowly, and because of that I try to approach the exposure I receive with responsibility and care.

What was your journey to get where you are today?

It has been a hard and challenging road, but also a beautiful one. Along the way I have met people who have inspired me and collaborated with me. I also had the privilege of returning to Venezuela to create a piece of work that I hold very close to my heart and that has helped heal some of the heartbreak I feel for my country.

This journey has allowed me to see the world, experience different cultures, and connect with people who now feel like family to me. I have also felt a lot of generosity from other cultures, especially in England and the United States.

How would you like to be remembered?

I would like to be remembered as someone who brings joy and light to people’s lives. Through my work, I hope to be remembered as someone who contributed to preserving the identity of Venezuela, and possibly Latin America in the future, while collaborating with artists with integrity and care.

“Ask yourself what moves you, what makes you angry, what makes you cry or smile and explore that”