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Series of portraits of Elena with double analog exposure and manual development.
Elena.
My grandmother says that Elena arrived in the city without knowing how to speak Spanish. In her hand her five year old daughter and the need. 
Sometimes with smiles we told each other secrets, sometimes tears. 
This day Elena - often shy - smiled at the camera, said to me - like this, with this blouse that I made - and she undid her braid and said to me - like this, with my long hair - and I said to her - like this, with my long hair - and she said to me - like this, with my long hair. 

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