family homologues

The relationship between a child and a parent of the same sex plays a role in the child's intrapsychic dynamics. It has a function of learning and evolution of the person, acting both on reality testing and on fantasmatic play. It is necessary and vital for the subjective perception of identity and for its "maturation". V.Volpi In 2019, Donata Zanotti began photographing mother-daughter pairs from her circle of friends. She asks the pairs to represent their relationship by inserting elements that represent their uniqueness into the scene. These shots are a visual reflection and a testimony of this delicate relationship today. A bond of union, emulation, symbiosis, conflict or detachment.