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• Prize
  Honorable Mention
• Photographer
  christian heymann, Germany
• Date of Photograph
  2024

Estrangement in adulthood is a painful reality for parents and children, often stemming from divorce, new relationships, or loss.

Reconciliation is rare, with only half of cases resolved. My mother, a deeply religious former dancer from South America, lives in rural Saarland, while I, non-religious, live in Hamburg.

Our estrangement began when my parents divorced at 15; I stayed with my alcoholic father, and she left with her new partner. After his death, our bond grew distant.

Now, as a parent myself, I question what the future holds and seek to reclaim what was lost.