ENTRY DESCRIPTION
My father and I weren’t very close. He was discreet and little inclined to show emotion; however, he sometimes managed to completely disprove his character, opening himself up to communication, listening and sharing.

Since the end of June 2014, in spite of subsequent trips from a hospital to another and a short period at home, he was confined in a bed and subject to every kind of treatment. He never complained or surrendered. Many times I would ask him what he thought or felt, if he was scared, but that was too much intimacy.

Towards the end we were able to go beyond and disobey our common relational rules. We were able to discuss almost until the end. He thought I insisted on refusing to bring him home but how I could make him understand that he couldn’t stay at home in his health conditions? Sometimes he got upset because he believed I denied him some extra food when he requested.

I saw my father die slowly but I never thought he would go away so fast. I have always imagined his figure as if it were eternal, just like a page of a book which can only belong to that book, forever. In his umpteenth journey from one clinic to another, on the morning of September 11th, he let us, discretely, while he was sleeping. Finally he was free from his long journey lasting 93 years.

AUTHOR
My name is Linda de' Nobili and I live and work in Rome.
I deal with social documentary photography to highlight the cultural and/or social features of places, communities and people I get in touch with.
I've improved myself with specialization courses at the Centro Sperimentale di Fotografia Adams and at the Scuola Permanente di Fotografia Graffiti in Rome.
To me photography is a necessity, a need and not a mere proof of concept. It's the desire to record and tell through pictures all aspects of reality. Sometimes the photography can be a means of examination and social outcry.
My photo features express the desire to write stories and life through pictures of the people I meet. The primary intention is to communicate that diversity is a specific resource to appraise with the contribution that everyone can give to community where he lives.
Stylistically, I often use the wide-angle lens, also for close-up, because my first desire is to create a "penetrating gaze" towards the main character of the story, his essence. The wide-angle lens loses his narrative meaning of description of contexts and permits an intimate style with an interior dialogue between a photographer and the portrayed subject.

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