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It was about 49 days after her passing when her parents visited Sokyusha to donate her unused films. Chiba-san, who was holding an exhibition at the gallery that day, received them. I was supposed to work at Sokyusha on the following day, there I was given 32 rolls of her will.

She appeared in my dream that night, telling me that she wanted to take photos. I woke up at dawn, loaded her film into my camera, and left home. It was around 6 in the morning. As I began shooting, I heard her voice say, “Tataran, the world is so beautiful!”

I feel a sense of dizziness when I think of those I will never see again. Everything that has left this world reaches me from afar.

Annu Aalto, a photographer, a friend passed away from a sudden illiness on October 27, 2022, at the age of 45.