Spiritual prothesis

This photography project explores the physical toll of running and subsequent recovery as a means to reconnect with a nine-year gap in my relationship with my father. With every step and every time we ran I discovered that he collected sneakers, a chance habit that began in his childhood, where clothes were inherited from his older brothers. He being the second child of three, creating a tacit link between the years through clothing. Overtaken as simple consumer objects, tennis becomes a device that takes wear and tear to protect the body, improves and enhances our steps on the road. Devices that strengthened our father-son relationship, acting as prostheses that heal the wounds of our respective childhoods. Three brothers, and three people who healed by running: my father, me, and my father's childhood. The father's patterns continue to feed the loop of grief and reconciliation: grandfather, father, and son. 333.