These photos capture the private rituals of young women in Naples

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Elena Bianca Zagari’s youth in Naples was presided over by one omnipotent woman – the Madonna. Despite being a fundamentally patriarchal society, there is a deeply entrenched paradox of domestic matriarchy, and the Virgin Mary is the mother of all mothers. “You can spend an entire evening in the street and scarcely lose sight of the Madonna,” the photographer tells Dazed. “I grew up with an immense familiarity withhellip;read more raquo;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;nbsp;View Gallery (19 images)nbsp;