Last Portrait
The choice of the last portrait, the one that represents us forever. How and by whom women want to be memorialized. All this concerns our essence as women, how we are perceived, who we are and how we would like to be. And which image we would like to leave. A female universe of memories, thoughts, friendship and family ties.
Every woman is invited to develop the narratives.
These images were taken in five italian cemeteries: cemetery of the Certosa in Bologna, Staglieno Cemetery in Genoa, Verano Cemetery in Rome, Milan Monumental Cemetery and Cemetery Poggioreale in Naples. The texts and names are fictional.
- This is the only photo we had of our little girl, always so melancholic - Letizia.
- She didn't leave very much, apart from her personal belonging - Corinna.
- I couldn't stand my mother involvement in politics - Paola.
- She was sad and sweet at the same time, alone for the last part of her life - Adriana.
- Calm, determined, inspiring self-confidence, my sister - Olga.
- We haven't seen our mother for a long time - Nunzia.
- I would have liked to have known my daughter better, but we didn't talk very much - Matilde.
- My father wanted my mother to be really beautiful in this photo - Mirna.
- When she came back from the United States she was really happy - Cecilia.
- I loved her lively expression, so intriguing and intelligent - Lucia.
- In this picture she was happy, but engrossed, just as she was - Cinzia
- She had eyes just for my father, my mother - Silvia.
- My mother was distant, but always present in my life - Enrica.
- Firm, resolute and brave, my sister was the mainstay of the family - Camilla.
- This really was my aunt's expression - Ottavia.
- My sister was never happy, but she always did her duty - Angela.
- My grandmother was an enigma, as a young lady, always that smile and a black cloak - Margherita.
- My Cousin had no one else, so we were the ones who chose this photo - Maria.
- I can't believe that I have lost my daughter: she was so lively and happy - Chiara.
- Our grandmother always looked at us with an air of understanding - Vittoria.
- Our aunt was a very strict woman: everyone was afraid of her - Veronica.
- My sister was very young, but serious and hard-working - Greta
- Our grandmother's expression was always firm and calm - Rita.
- She was always sad and thoughtful, almost depressed - Sara.
- Losing her so early, unexpectedly, has been difficult for our mother - Anna.
- I have chosen a picture of myself which might merge into the stone - Sofia