Grandma was the matriarch of a huge family that lived off her pension. She made sure nobody ever forgot whom to thank... She served me loads of vodka and lard.

This is a submission to @photocontests's #portraitphotography contest.

Since many years I visit small villages and put up my mobile portrait studio. Shot on a 4x5 film that was last produced in 2002, only one negative per portrait, I develop and print the pictures on site in my bus. It is an amazing experience, to first hand the picture to the person depicted (befor showing it to the world).

I take portraits of people with whom I have good encounters; an interesting story, a shared cigarette, a bottle of vodka, or both; maybe they helped me, maybe I helped them. These are my holy people!

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