Three brothers of mine
ongoing project (2015 - present)
When I was three brethren and I, when I was four of us –
Josip Pupacic
As the oldest child in the family, I have albums full
of personal photos. Almost all important moments of me growing up were
recorded: first steps, first day of school, every birthday... With my first
younger brother being born, our parents' passion for recording is slowly
waning. As taking photos is becoming increasingly rarer, it completely fades
away with the birth of the youngest brother. Knowing the importance of a family
album, I decided to start a perennial series of photographs in which not only do
I want to „save“ my family's archives, but also have a desire to document the
lives of my three younger brothers and them growing up trapped in rural area of
eastern Croatia. Mutual misunderstanding, apart from age differences,
interests, and attitudes, is additionally contributed by the fact that I had
left my hometown very early in life to go studying in another city. I also
became aware of my own identity that has always distinguished me from them.
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