Historia, memoria y silencios | Lorena Guillen Vaschetti

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My mother and I are the only members left of a large Italian family. She decided that throwing away all family slides was a big favour to me: ‘It happened already’, she said…

Convencida de haberme liberado de la pesada carga del pasado familiar, mi mamá llamó para avisarme que había tirado todas las diapositivas históricas de nuestra familia a la basura.‘Todo eso ya pasó’ me dijo...

historia, memoria y silencios a book by Lorena Guillén Vaschetti.





historia, memoria y silencios

l o r e n a g u i l l ĂŠ n va s c h e t t i



The slides? They were my grandfather’s – intriguing family pictures that were almost lost... Everyone looked so different from how I remembered them... so happy! As if the past had not been as I imagined. How different is my idea of the past from how the past actually was? The slides were in a sand-colored box. Some were loose, others wrapped in small packages. I decided to keep these unopened and with them I write and rewrite my own story.

¿ Las diapositivas? Eran de

mi abuelo, fotos preciosas de mi familia que casi se pierden... Todos se veían en ellas tan distintos de como yo los recordaba... tan alegres! Como si la historia no hubiese sido como ya la imaginaba. ¿ Cuán grande será la diferencia entre la historia que ocurrió realmente y la de mi memoria? Las diapositivas estaban en una caja color arena. Algunas estaban sueltas y otras envueltas en pequeños paquetes que decidí no abrir: entre silencios, secretos y olvidos hay muchas historias y con ellas yo escribo y reescribo la mía.































unopened | sin abrir


















I wish to dedicate this book to my grandfather, Renato and my mother.

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I would like to thank Gustavo Frittegotto for his generous help and permanent encouragement, and Martín Lopo for his interesting thoughts and precise words about this series. Many thanks to Maarten and Maria Louise Schilt for having seen this series as a book and making it happen. I am thankful for their gracious generosity and trust. I am also very grateful to Victor Levie for his sensibility and refinement in helping me to create this book.

© 2011 Lorena Guillén Vaschetti, Buenos Aires www.lorenaguillenvaschetti.com © 2011 Schilt Publishing, Amsterdam www.schiltpublishing.com

To those portrayed in the slides and the photographers of the slides: thank you. I would also like to thank Ricardo Viera, Wendy Watriss, Hernán Giagante, Raul Carmona, Nilda Prados and Raul Vaschetti. And a very special thanks to Adam Jeppesen, who offered me unconditional trust and wise support throughout the creation process of this, my first book.

Dedico este libro a mi abuelo, Renato y a mi mamá. Agradezco a Gustavo Frittegotto por tu generosa ayuda y permanente ánimo. A Martín Lopo por sus pensamientos y palabras precisas. Muchas gracias a Maarten y Maria Louise Schilt por haberme ofrecido hacer este libro y haberlo llevado a cabo. Agradezco su cálida generosidad y su confianza en mi trabajo. Quiero agradecer a Victor Levie por su sensibilidad y refinamiento al haberme ayudado a hacer este libro. A los fotografiados y a los fotógrafos de las diapositivas: muchas gracias… Quiero agradecer también a Ricardo Viera, Wendy Watriss, Raúl Carmona, Hernán Giagante, Nilda Prados y a mi padrino. Agradezco especialmente a Adam Jeppesen, quién me acompañó con sabiduría, refinamiento y confianza en la creación de éste, mi primer libro.

edit Lorena Guillén Vaschetti Victor Levie design MV LevievanderMeer, Amsterdam www.levievandermeer.nl Lorena Guillén Vaschetti printing Wachter GmbH, Bönnigheim (d) www.wachter.de distribution in north america Ingram Publisher Services One Ingram Blvd. LaVergne, tn 37086 ips: 866-765-0179 e-mail: customer.service@ingrampublisherservices.com distribution in all other countries Thames & Hudson Ltd 181a High Holborn London wc1 v 7qx Phone: +44 (0)20 7845 5000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7845 5055 e-mail: sales@thameshudson.co.uk



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