TITLE: Tenderness

Grandmothers may be more emotionally connected to their grandchildren than to their own sons and daughters because they are the greatest joy in life. Aggressive chemotherapy changes everything, but unconditional love heals anything.

AUTHOR: Mariana Silvana Dedu (Romania)

I was born in Targoviste, Romania, in 1976.
I graduated from the National School of Political Studies and Public Administration in Bucharest, Romania, in 2006.
I attended the start-up advertising photography course at ILAS Designers School in Naples, Italy, in 2017.

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Honorable Mention in Conceptual Category in 7th edition of Chromatic Awards 2023;
Honorable Mention in People Category in 6th edition of Monovisions Photography Awards 2022;
Offical Selection in People Category in 8th edition of Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022;
Honorable Mention in People Category in 8th edition of Tokyo International Foto Awards 2022;
Honorable Mention in Conceptual Category in 5th edition of Monovisions Photography Awards 2021;
Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year Shortlist 2020, sub category Pink Lady® Apple a Day;
Pink Lady Food Photographer Of The Year Shortlist 2018, sub category Food for the Family;
Collettive photography exhibition at the Palace of Arts in Naples 2016;