The Red Dress Project is a performance and photography project created by brazilian born artist and activist Manuela Benini.  
An evolving series of photographs featuring Benini’s movement interactions within natural, architectural and industrial landscapes. The Red Dress has travelled internationally since 2006 in Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, Colombia, Bolivia, India, UK, Denmark, Scotland and Cambodia.

The resulting collection of images are powerful evocation of gender, place and identity which address human rights issues and our impact on the environment. 

With backdrops of dormant and active volcanoes, landfills, ship breaking yards,  rubble, ashes, city centers, ice, waterfalls, rocks as her stage Manuela transforms everything around with her red dress. 

Acting as a catalyst to absorb the energy of the landscape, Manuela reclaims public spaces, dancing and responding to the environments with movement often that the camera fails to capture. Her ‘red’ muslin signifies her passion and the danger our Earth is in with a fragility yet with a strength of what humanity can do if it decides to tune in. 

The red dress forces us to listen with powerful imagery on difficult subjects.