Mama & Papa

This picture absorbed me for a long time. And it still does. I was searching for a way to express the inexpressible. My parents got divorced 20 years ago. They did not talk to each other ever since. Just hatred. Hurt. An unbearable state of despair during my childhood. Still today. In a childs mind, parents are an inseparable unity. Mama & Papa. Not imageable separately. I grew up at my mothers house. I was cut to the core seeing her suffering. For this picture I invited my parents to come to the studio on diffenrent days. They didn’t know the reason. They did not see each other. They had no idea. I took two photos. Both photos are exhibited next to each other in one frame. At least in this picture I can see a blink of unity that I missed for so long.