On september 10, 2001, my twin daughters Anna and Nell were born in Oslo Norway. Whereas Nell's welcome into our world was unproblematic, Anna had a rougher ride. During delivery, the placenta was ripped from the wall of the uterus, leaving her wihtout oxygen for a prolonged period of time. This caused a severe brain injury which would eventually prove fatal. As we nursed her at our home the last weeks of her life, I got my Praktica camera and shot the first serious black and white images of my life. The results were frightening. It was as if I had not taken them at all, that they were somehow given to me. I belive now that these photographs were indeed given to me by my daughter, in a way only I can understand, and which profoundly changed my life.

For this I thank you Anna.