the taste of tears

• Prize
• Photographer
  Margrieta Jeltema, Italy
• Socials
• Website
  https://www.margrij.com

The Taste of Tears

On an island far south in the Mediterranean
grow olive trees that are 2000 and even 3000 years old.
The breath of the sea is salty full of tears,
the summers are hot and scorching with fire when the desert winds
blow.

We are the grains of sand,

the salty tears.

• Biography
  Margrieta was born under Northern skies, in the Netherlands. Her work embraces poetry, sculpture, but her main creative outlet is photography since her father showed her how to print in his self made darkroom in the attic of their house. She uses analogue cameras (from 35mm to whole plate). She makes silver-gelatin (contact) prints, albumen prints and various experimental prints, as well as hand-colored ones. She lives and works in Bolsena (Tuscia), Italy
• Awards
  Her books are available at “DagDroomBoek editions”. https://www.margrij.com/dagdroomboek-editions