We're happy together

  • Dates
    2015 - Ongoing
  • Author
  • Topics Portrait, Daily Life, Documentary
  • Location Brazil, Brazil

This is a project about grief, family, and happiness.

In this series called "We're happy together" I photographed my family while we got together for holidays and celebrations, the only moments we had together after my father passed away. At such reunions, we tried to have a continuous live as a family that would be frozen in time every time we part ways only to be resumed in our next encounter.

After my father's passing, my sisters moved to different parts of the country, so birthdays and holidays became our only chance to be together. These celebrations became our every day and so we lived them as if they were, not only full of joy but we allowed ourselves to be sad as well. I photographed our happiest moments which were also our only chance to mourn our loss as a family.

© Gabriel Carpes - My mother looks at the city from the apartment building my sister lives in.
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My mother looks at the city from the apartment building my sister lives in.

© Gabriel Carpes - A pool prepared for a New Years party at a hotel
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A pool prepared for a New Years party at a hotel

© Gabriel Carpes - My mother and brother-in-law watch the sunrise
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My mother and brother-in-law watch the sunrise

© Gabriel Carpes - Lighthouse during a storm
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Lighthouse during a storm

© Gabriel Carpes - My mother showing us old photos from her college days
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My mother showing us old photos from her college days

© Gabriel Carpes - Mom, at my place.
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Mom, at my place.

© Gabriel Carpes - Old photos of dad and mom
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Old photos of dad and mom

© Gabriel Carpes - Cat and my old bed at my parents house
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Cat and my old bed at my parents house

© Gabriel Carpes - Family making dinner together
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Family making dinner together

© Gabriel Carpes - Old glasses from dad
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Old glasses from dad

© Gabriel Carpes - Dad and mom.
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Dad and mom.

© Gabriel Carpes - Road trip
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Road trip

© Gabriel Carpes - Mom, before my graduation
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Mom, before my graduation

© Gabriel Carpes - Sister and I, waiting to go to dinner
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Sister and I, waiting to go to dinner

© Gabriel Carpes - Sister after a party
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Sister after a party

© Gabriel Carpes - Mom and sisters
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Mom and sisters

© Gabriel Carpes - Sister
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Sister

© Gabriel Carpes - Beach houses
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Beach houses

© Gabriel Carpes - Sister
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Sister

© Gabriel Carpes - Mom getting ready to go to dinner
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Mom getting ready to go to dinner

© Gabriel Carpes - Dads briefcase
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Dads briefcase

© Gabriel Carpes - Mom
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Mom

© Gabriel Carpes - Moms birthday
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Moms birthday

© Gabriel Carpes - Mom and my newphew
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Mom and my newphew

© Gabriel Carpes - Sister
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Sister

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