At a time when obstetric violence continues to remain a largely invisible reality, 3350 gr. Photographs and Letters on Obstetric Violence, the new book by Valeria Cherchi published by Mousse Publishing, is now being released.

Winner of Strategia Fotografia 2025, the project originates from a personal family story of the artist and unfolds as a layered narrative in which personal memory, documentary research, and critical reflection intertwine to address a phenomenon that remains insufficiently recognised within public discourse.

At the core of the volume, edited by Elisabetta Masala, are Valeria Cherchi’s photographs and letters.

Addressed to “V.”, the artist’s sister, the twelve letters create a space for reflection in which different voices — mothers, fathers, doulas, and relatives of victims — come together in a collective narrative. Rather than merely documenting a form of violence, Cherchi, through text and photography, creates a space in which pain may be transformed into the possibility of listening, awareness, and change.

The bilingual volume (ITA/ENG) includes a curatorial essay by Elisabetta Masala tracing the origins and development of the project, alongside Anna Balogi’s Witnessing Obstetric Violence: A Sociologist and Doula’s Perspective, which examines the issue through a social and relational lens, and Patrizia Quattrocchi’s The Invisible Harm: Recognising and Combating Obstetric Violence, which explores the phenomenon by highlighting its social implications, legal frameworks, and the cultural and institutional mechanisms that make its recognition increasingly urgent.

The book’s title refers to the 3,350 grams of the artist’s sister’s birth weight. Conceived in a compact and intimate format, the publication recalls the private dimension of a diary and invites a direct relationship with the reader: not simply a publication to leaf through, but a moment of exchange in which aesthetic and ethical dimensions converge.

The project is supported by Strategia Fotografia 2025, promoted by the Directorate-General for Contemporary Creativity of the Italian Ministry of Culture.