Documentary Family Awards

This series is about Mariana, my grandmother. She is now 88 years old and has lived alone for the past 30 years (since my grandfather died) in a small village in the interior of Portugal.

In 1998 my grandmother Isabella, who was born and lived in a small village on Mountain Aspromonte in Calabria, died at the age of 68. In the same year I was 13 and my family decided to move from the South of Italy to the North.

Mom left me on July 10th, 2020, close to turning 106.  In May 2019 I asked her to find all the photos that portrayed her or father.  I chose some of them, converted them digitally and reviewed them according to my feelings.  I have added them to the many photos of her that I have taken in over 50 years of life together and most importantly to the photos from the last few years.