Tender and bittersweet photographs document the final week of the photographer’s mother’s life
“My mother rarely let me photograph her except in the last week of her life when she changed her mind,” says Ruth Lauer Manenti (born 1968) of her first photobook. I Imagined It Empty is a contemplation of life after death, suggesting the idea that houses can hold people’s spirits.
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Published by RM/PHREE/Ediciones Posibles. Text and photographs by Ruth Lauer Manenti.
Tender and bittersweet photographs document the final week of the photographer’s mother’s life
“My mother rarely let me photograph her except in the last week of her life when she changed her mind,” says Ruth Lauer Manenti (born 1968) of her first photobook. I Imagined It Empty is a contemplation of life after death, suggesting the idea that houses can hold people’s spirits.