An unusual gift, a voucher for the North Pole, an irresistible invitation, the camera of my life, a unique opportunity, and the desire to fulfill my grandmother's dream. This was the sequence of factors that led me to Iceland to document, with a Leica and a wide-angle lens, the daily life of a 5-year-old girl who didn't speak a word other than her mother tongue. The connection was slow, but inevitably special...

 

August 2013.