3rd place
bronze star award
Anna Shustikova
title
Death without a hat
However, this story started years before. When my mother was a student one of her friends told her once: "My grandfather was wearing the same belt for many years, he never went out without it. The first day he had to leave the house without the belt was his funeral day: being in mourning, my mom completely forgot about the belt. But the grandfather didn't forget. Several days after the funeral he came to mom's dream and scolded her. Mom became really upset, but the grandfather sad she still could mend. He gave her an address, and the dream ended. The next day my mom found the right house on the outskirts of the city. It was a small house and, I think, you can imagine how surprised she was finding a deceased in there. She told her story and asked to put the belt into the coffin. No one minded, no one wanted to go against the will of the dead".
So, my grandfather was buried with the hat. And with the belt, just in case.
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entry description
My grandfather was buried with the hat. He could never leave the house without it - even if he just went to the nearest shop. He said that without the hat he felt undressed. So, even to his last journey, my grandfather went with the hat.However, this story started years before. When my mother was a student one of her friends told her once: "My grandfather was wearing the same belt for many years, he never went out without it. The first day he had to leave the house without the belt was his funeral day: being in mourning, my mom completely forgot about the belt. But the grandfather didn't forget. Several days after the funeral he came to mom's dream and scolded her. Mom became really upset, but the grandfather sad she still could mend. He gave her an address, and the dream ended. The next day my mom found the right house on the outskirts of the city. It was a small house and, I think, you can imagine how surprised she was finding a deceased in there. She told her story and asked to put the belt into the coffin. No one minded, no one wanted to go against the will of the dead".
So, my grandfather was buried with the hat. And with the belt, just in case.
about the photographer
Anna was born in Samara in 1992. She studied mathematics and physics at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 2010-2014. She started to shoot her first documentary series in 2013 and in 2014 she already participated as a photographer in an expedition along shores of the main Russian waterway "From the White Sea to the Black Sea". Now she is based in Moscow and works as a teacher of physics, a scientific journalist, a writer and shoots her own long-term documentary project.back to gallery