The Gleaners

This project is the story of my sister's daily life captured with my eyes and heart. We had been living at a bit of a distance for a long time, ever since the bereavement of my parents. When she got sick, we started to get a little closer to each other again. This story began on her birthday in 2017 and continues to this day. My younger sister she became challnged person due to a subarachnoid hemorrhage. It is hard to tell from the outside that she is person with a disability, but if you observe her closely, you will notice it. It forced a lot of influence and change on her time, connections, and safe place that she had cultivated over the years. Over the past few years, she had spent a lot of time trying to regain the abilities she had lost. However, there were some abilities that she could not regain. Nevertheless, she still checks her actions and continues to search for her lost abilities and safe place in a different way than before. Unreasonable things can happen in anyone's life. And suddenly. How do people get over sadness, frustration, and loneliness? I am attempting to overcome, together with her, by photographing her daily life. Her true feelings are multi-layered, and I may not know the answer. As a different person, I may only be able to empathize with her by imagining how she feels. Still, I want to be close to her. I want to stay close to her, gently, and search for what she has dropped with her. And to find something new.