In 1998, the year I was born and after the death of my grandfather, my grandmother, Lenora, moved to Santiago, Chile to live with my family. For as long as I can remember she has been an incredibly important part of my life.
When I was young, she took on the responsibility of taking care of me and my siblings. She took us to school, she cooked for us, she played with us, she cared for us, and became a unique kind of parental figure. My grandmother is extremely important to me, and although that is probably the way most people feel towards their grandparents, the relationship that I have built with her is unlike any other I have ever known. As my grandmother grows older, I’ve come to cherish the stories she has to tell and the time spent with her. This project is about sharing moments of intimacy from my grandmother’s past and present lives. My grandmother shares anecdotes from her youth and in contrast images from the present narrate her life today.
The project celebrates the nostalgic memories from the past and demonstrates the simple yet blissful nature of her life in the present. Using archival images taken during special, exciting, and significant moments from my grandmother’s youth there is an experience of witnessing intimate moments from a long time ago, in relation to the experience of intimate moments captured today.
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