Reference :
V-P-BR-E-00349
Date :
2016
Caption :
Maceió. Portrait of José whose brother, Joel, has been missing since 1971.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
Soon after his disappearance, his mother began the search for her son, a journey that accompanied her to the end of her life. She regularly went to places where Joel might be, but even with all this mobilization, she or her family never received any official information about his whereabouts.
After years of searching, the family accepted the possibility of Joel being dead. They decided to continue the quest to recover his body and offer him a dignified burial, even if the hope that he was still alive remained. "We say that we have no hope, but we always do. Sometimes I see someone on the street which reminds me of him and I still think it may be my uncle", says Caroline, Joel's niece.
ICRC website, 08.05.2017, News release, excerpt: “The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) will launch an exhibition, A falta que você faz (The void you left), by photographer Marizilda Cruppe at the National Museum of the Republic, in Brasilia. The exhibition will focus on the lives of disappeared persons' family members.
At the invitation of the ICRC, Marizilda visited the relatives of missing persons in Curitiba, Maceió, Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo from August 2016 to March 2017. She heard stories from parents, children, grandparents, uncles and aunts of people who, for some reason or no reason at all, simply vanished without leaving a farewell note or any trace. When Marizilda walked into their homes – which are usually emotionally charged environments that bear a strong connection with the missing person – she approached these people to gain an in-depth understanding of the impact of the disappearances on those who had been waiting for some word.”
This image is part of the exhibition.
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
8688x5792
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
