Il-Mejda tan-Nanna

Il-Mejda tan-Nanna explores family, community, memory and the passage of time through my grandmother’s dining table — the central meeting point of our weekly family gatherings. Rather than photographing my family directly, the table becomes a portrait of them, revealing years of shared experiences through its everyday details and signs of use. The project involved extensive research, experimentation and repeated testing, exploring different photographic approaches, compositions and perspectives. A key challenge was finding a way to communicate the emotional history held within an ordinary object. The final work combines multiple photographs into a layered collage, representing the accumulation of memories and generations around the table, while transforming it into a symbol of family unity, belonging and shared memory.