GRANN, Nathaniel - Midwest Sentimental

"As you know, you can't choose a family. You can run away, try to escape, but most of the time it doesn't work. The family and its history are simply stuck in your bones.

And when Nathaniel GRANN dedicates his book Father, Mother, Step-Father and Step-Mother, you can imagine that there was a lot going on at home.

When the photographer, already grown up, spent another three years in his mother's house, he confronted himself: the strange furniture and furnishings, the sometimes strange preferences of the mothers and fathers, the Christmas visitors - the beautiful and painful memories.

Nathaniel GRANN’s photo book is a confession. Despite all the strange things, he understood: this is where I come from, these are my people. They dress differently than I do, they may live and think differently than I will one day, but there they are and I want to deal with it. And he does it, critically, directly and ironically, but also tenderly, mildly and humorously.

... love the one you're with." (freely translated, © Hannes WANDERER, Peperoni Books, 2018)