Before You Grow Up

“Finally a book where I’m not the only photographer… This is my idea of a family album.” –EB

A unique family photo album created by the photographer Ernesto Bazan and many contributions from his parents, his life companion Sissy and their two beloved twin boys Pietro and Stefano. It took Ernesto Bazan 7 years to bring to light this complex book due to my closeness to his subjects: his Sicilian family where he came from and the Cuban/Italian family that with his wife and his twin boys he created. As he wrote: “This book has brought many tears in my eyes in the making. As I said already, it’s a family album that also deals with sickness, sadness, mourning and death, but with an uplifting and positive look at the future, particularly the one of my children now 18, who are beginning their new soulful journey into their adult part of life.” Through drawings, passport images, journal entries, letters, note book insets, memorabilia and intimate color and b&w images we self-published an unusual family album that also deals with sickness, sadness, mourning and death, but with an uplifting and positive look at the future, particularly the one of our young boys Pietro and Stefano, who are beginning their new soulful journey into their adult part of life. Not to be missed!