Travel Photography Scholarship 2012 Application

My Scholarship entry - A 'place' I have visited

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The illness of my father was a shock for all my family, as literally overnight he turned into a person we no longer recognise. He is still a father and a husband to us, but also a stranger as his personality changed, like a big and strong man that now needs special care around the clock. I think in this picture, my brother’s face reflects a kind of sorrow that one can only display when remembering good old times, close to your heart.

‘The place I have visited’ is the residence for elder people where my father has lived for two months. It is not an exciting place, but it is close to my heart and I thought I should do something that touches me from inside.
A few months ago he suffered a severe stroke that affected his mobility, and above everything, the way he interacts with the world. Now he can neither speak nor understand us, and in fact I don’t think he can even recognise us. In this picture, my brother is pulling his wheelchair to get him closer, as my father is asking for some cookies, like a kid would do.

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Since I was a child, I have always been fascinated with the hands of my father, those big veins and that kind of deformity he has always had from training as a boxer during his youth.

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