Euri L.:

My object is this picture and it’s me when I was about 8 months. It’s part of a series of photos that my father took.

I met my dad when I was 5 or 6 years old and before that, these pictures where the only proof that my father existed. This picture in particular always kept my attention because it’s the only one in the series in which I am looking at him. It was as if my father was materialized. It was like saying: « Yes, he exists, and I was looking at him when he took the picture, he is there”.

It’s a very special photo for me. Until now, my father has always been the same thing. I don’t see him, we don’t have a relationship. This image has always been like a fantasy- an imagination- that is at the other side of the picture, that is life. That’s why it’s so important for me.

I met him and we stopped seeing each other 16 years ago. I got in touch with him about 5 years ago. We only exchanged some emails. The last time I wrote to him, it was one month ago and he didn’t reply. I am a little bit worried and I want to go to look for him. He lives in Tampico Tamaulipas. I think that might be another project, to go to look for my father.