9. Another picture of my father
ROLL 363 | FRAME 20
Alejandro, Atizapán, December 2021.
The first person I met who was excited about taking pictures was my father. When I was born he bought a book on how to take good pictures and a Minolta SLR. The pictures of my early years are thrilling and I can tell that he was excited to be a new father and entertained by me.
My father is not comfortable in front of my camera.
To say that my father and I have not met eye to eye for most of our lives together is an understatement. As I grow up I find myself aligning more and more to his way of seeing the world and wishing that we had not wasted as much time as we have fighting.
And from the contact sheets, two pictures of my father-in-law,