Marta Bortoli

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER

Marta Bortoli

DOCUMENTARY PHOTOGRAPHER

Blue is the colour of the Sky

Blue is the colour of the sky is project that focus around the life of a strict Christian community in New Zealand.

Gloriavale, aerial view.

A student at Gloriavale’s school holding the Bible in front of his face.

Members of the community having dinner in the common dining room.

A child having an early dinner.

On Sunday members of the community, who have health issues are put inside a circle, while all the members pray to god for their wellbeing.

One of the bedrooms. The poster says: “30 years from now it won’t matter what shoes you wear, how your hair looked, or what your face looked like. What will matter is where you are spending eternity”.

Mothers and their babies.

Steve, a senior member of the community cutting the hair of a young woman.

A member of the community working at the mill plant, which is located and owned by the community. — A man pose in front a machine in the mill plant of the community.

One of the handpainted walls at the nursery.

A woman preparing cheese.

A teenager applying weed killer during the school break.

A boy peeling an orange.

Three brothers posing for a photo.

Children play in the common ground.

Women breastfeeding their babies in a common area.

Beekeepers from the community checking the hive.

Paradise, 8, looking up at the sky

A member resting in his room.