20090310010327_grandfather.jpg © 2009 Yoshinori FUKUI. All rights reserved.

An old man and his grandson

The old man is my father-in-law.
The baby is my nephew.

An elder brother of that baby died in 1997 in a village of his grandfather.
One day, people called me and said,
“Baby stopped his breathing.”
I rushed to baby, hasten to the local dispensary doing artificial respiration.
But it did not work.
Doctor explained a risk of infection of mouth-to-mouth method.
I knew about it.
But I did it.
I will never forget the weight of baby who was dying in my arms.

One and half year later, we went to that village to see my father-in-law with parents of that baby and his new little brother.
The old man took his grandson up in his arms.
It was very impressed.
Two years later, my father-in-law passed away.

When I prepared this set of photos, my wife said,
“They are together now, aren’t they ?”

One Comment

  1. このお写真の背景には、とても深いものがあったのですね。

    見つめあう2人、そして安心しきって眠る表情にとても暖かい愛情と信頼関係を感じました。

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