A man is seen through the treetops from the small park in front of our building in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 15, 2020. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months. We started to occupy the building’s terrace to get some air and so that my daughter could run a bit.
My daughter Elena sits on my lap in our sleeping room and stretches her hand out towards the sun in Buenos Aires, Argentina on April 29, 2020. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months. The day I took this picture I noticed that I would loose my early pregnancy.
A dead fish is washed onto the shore in an artificial lagoon in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 28, 2020. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months. The lagoon became our small piece of paradise, the only contact to nature in a mega city during lockdown. When people started coming back, also rubbish and dead animals showed up again.
I embrace my husband on July 30, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Our bond has been fortified by the many proofs life has had for us and still might have. Few days before we board the plane to Germany we drift between joy and nostalgic feelings. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months.
My daughter and I sit on our bed while she holds a pomegranate in her hands in Buenos Aires, Argentina on June 3, 2020. It always amazed me that when I was pregnant with her, the embryo already has all the ovules she’ll have in her entire life. That way, somehow we already carry our possible grandchildren.
Left: Self portrait with a braid shortly after my early pregnancy loss in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 10, 2020. Magenta in mediation is one of the strongest energies you can feel. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months.
Right: Plants and trees in my father in law’s garden in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 11, 2020. The garden was one of the few places we could visit from time to time during quarantine and have our daughter play outside.
left: A goose swims in an artificial lagoon in Buenos Aires, Argentina on July 7, 2020. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months. The lagoon became our small piece of paradise, the only contact to nature in a mega city during lockdown.
right: Self-portrait with what I miss after an early pregnancy loss in Buenos Aires, Argentina on May 25, 2020. I noticed that on baroque paintings mothers are frequently pictured with one bare side.
My daughter reaches for a branch in the lake in the middle of the city on May 23, 2020 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Abundance of fishes, birds and nutrias, crystal clear water and abundant plants are the blooming result of the human absence. Argentina entered a full lockdown on March 20 that endured more than four months. After a month, I got worried about my daughter’s sleeping issues and took her for forbidden walks to the nearby park and lagoon.