October means another meeting with Anastasia in my studio for her annual portrait. We started this project in October 2003, exactly 23 years ago. Since then, we’ve taken one portrait every October, so this year marks the completion of our 24th image. That’s 24 portraits spanning 23 years, from 2003 to 2026.
It all began in October 2003, when a very young Anastasia first walked into my studio. Back then, I took her portrait without a specific project in mind. By coincidence, she returned the following October, in 2004, and I took a second portrait, quite similar to the first. That was when we realized this could become a long-term project, and we decided to meet every October for as long as possible, repeating the portrait each year and gradually adding new images to the series.
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