El Tetas
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Dates2023 - Ongoing
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Author
- Locations Lambayeque, Peru, Chiclayo
El Tetas is a photographic essay where I delve, from my perspective, into the life of my maternal grandfather; from the theme of repentance, pain, care and reconciliation that he finds in his final stage of life as well as in his death.
EL TETAS
"I was the one who nicknamed my husband cuatro tetas, because he had another woman, and that's why I gave him four, since the mistress had two and I had two, that made four tits…" — Rosa Suclupe Bances
El Tetas is a visual project where I delve into the past, the final stage of life, and subsequent death of my maternal grandfather.
I use the deteriorated family archive in combination with photographs of my own authorship, with the aim of highlighting the psyche of a wounded memory and the damage to my family caused by alcoholism, abuse, and abandonment by my grandfather.
The narrative I attempt to construct begins when I recall the past of my grandfather's relationship with my family, combining the photographs I have taken with the family photographic archive. Through these images, I attempt to recreate a memory of the sensations of violence and abandonment that my grandfather inflicted upon his children and wife. Toward the end, after his death, through photographic records and my family's writings, I express the remorse and search for forgiveness that José Prado, my grandfather, felt toward his children and wife.
This visual journey through my family nucleus constructs a tribute to my grandfather. El Tetas is a portrait of multiple facets in which I rediscover who José Antonio Prado was, who "Papá Cuatro Tetas" was.
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