Aunt Sara

  • Dates
    2012 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Daily Life, Documentary
  • Location Sicily

« To spend a day with Sara is to live in a timeless tale that repeats all days: each hour has an habit, a light, an object, a movement, a sound. »

To spend a day with Aunt Sara, lively 97-year-old, is to live in a timeless tale that repeats (with slight variation): each hour has an habit, a light, an object, a movement, a sound.

Aunt Sara lives alone. She has never been married. She used to live with her parents and since 20 years ago, with her younger sister. She has never needed to work to live. At the age of 40, she decided to teach because she was little bored: an activity like crochet, reading, cooking cakes, charity work. Now, that she is ninety, she is always occupied all day long.

Sara represents a generation that lives between the past and present. I'm truly fascinated by this group of people that has to live by constantly switching from a bygone era to now. They are all trying to move with the times while at the same time protecting themselves in their timeless world.

© Simona Bonanno - Living room interior with decorative plates ant family photos.
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Living room interior with decorative plates ant family photos.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara sits on her table during a meal
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Aunt Sara sits on her table during a meal

© Simona Bonanno - Every Tuesday Aunt Sara receives fresh eggs from the countryside; they are rolled in a newspaper sheet.
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Every Tuesday Aunt Sara receives fresh eggs from the countryside; they are rolled in a newspaper sheet.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara wears her raincoat before going out.
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Aunt Sara wears her raincoat before going out.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara reflected in the mirrors of her favorite spot for the morning coffee.
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Aunt Sara reflected in the mirrors of her favorite spot for the morning coffee.

© Simona Bonanno - Every Saturday Aunt Sara goes to the hairdresser.
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Every Saturday Aunt Sara goes to the hairdresser.

© Simona Bonanno - Everyday Aunt Sara reads the daily newspaper
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Everyday Aunt Sara reads the daily newspaper

© Simona Bonanno - Parmesan cheese has to be cute with the apposite knife.
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Parmesan cheese has to be cute with the apposite knife.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara lays the table everyday with her cart.
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Aunt Sara lays the table everyday with her cart.

© Simona Bonanno - Her reading glasses on the table of the living room.
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Her reading glasses on the table of the living room.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara renews her make-up while she is out.
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Aunt Sara renews her make-up while she is out.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara loves to have dinner in her roof in June.
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Aunt Sara loves to have dinner in her roof in June.

© Simona Bonanno - Home interior with vase and decorations.
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Home interior with vase and decorations.

© Simona Bonanno - Aunt Sara often wears a brooch.
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Aunt Sara often wears a brooch.

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