As a father of two growing boys, I've come to realise how quickly the day will arrive when they will no longer need me to hold their hands on the way to school. Inspired by this thought, I initially set out to photograph my 95-year-old grandfather and my father holding hands. The project soon evolved into something much larger than I had anticipated.
In a world that is already growing apart, holding hands becomes a silent prayer, a way to come together again. While posing, fathers and sons hold hands for the first time in years, sometimes decades. It’s a powerful moment, often filled with hesitation or resistance, that reveals our cultural heritage while also speaking to the universal appeal of connection, legacy, and vulnerability. The essence of the project lies in this intimate act, each photograph standing as a witness to a profound, yet often unspoken, love between fathers and sons.
Spanning diverse cultures and reaching corners of 14 countries—Albania, Armenia, Bulgaria, France, Georgia, Greece, Italy, Montenegro, North Macedonia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Switzerland, and Turkey)—“Father and Son” highlights the singularity of identity shaped by family, religion, customs, and gender norms. In these interactions, individual identities emerge within shared familial narratives, showing how deeply personal—and how culturally inherited—our life paths can be. By leaving the stories behind these portraits open to interpretation, I invite viewers to add their own layers of meaning, becoming contributors to an evolving story of humanity.
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