A batalha que não escolhemos

Chama-se assim o trabalho de Angelo Merendino, sobre o cancro da mama da sua mulher.

Eram casados à cinco meses, quando Jenifer Merendino descobriu que tinha cancro da mama. Angelo decidiu fotografar o dia-a-dia da doença de Jennifer, desde o início até à sua morte. 

"Jen was diagnosed with breast cancer. I remember the exact moment…Jen’s voice and the numb feeling that enveloped me. That feeling has never left. I’ll also never forget how we looked into each other’s eyes and held each other’s hands. “We are together, we’ll be ok."

With each challenge we grew closer. Words became less important. One night Jen had just been admitted to the hospital, her pain was out of control. She grabbed my arm, her eyes watering, “You have to look in my eyes, that’s the only way I can handle this pain.” We loved each other with every bit of our souls.

Jen taught me to love, to listen, to give and to believe in others and myself. I’ve never been as happy as I was during this time.

My photographs show this daily life. They humanize the face of cancer, on the face of my wife. They show the challenge, difficulty, fear, sadness and loneliness that we faced, that Jennifer faced, as she battled this disease. Most important of all, they show our Love.

These photographs do not define us, but they are us. "

A isto chamo Amor, o verdadeiro sentido do amor. O mais bonito dos amores. 

E o poder imenso das fotografias, que nos tocam na alma, que nos fazem estremecer o coração, que nos arrancam lágrimas sem pedirem autorização. As fotografias são infinitas, são intemporais, são magicas, e estas para mim, serão das mais bonitas de sempre.

A  Sábado, com as suas excelentes partilhas 

e o site ofícial The Battle We Didn't Chose.