TITLE: Promise fulfilled

Since childhood I have a special soul connection with my beloved grandfather.
He taught me that you need humor in life and should not only "function" in society like a machine.
As a teenager, he let me drive his Volvo on the campsite and taught me how to drive.
When there were problems at school or with my parents, he was there for me like a friend.

This made me ask him for a promise in my youth: Namely, that he would live to be 100 years old!
In July 2023 he had reached 103 years of life and I decided to make a portrait series of him, to honor him and record it for eternity.
He died in September 2023.

AUTHOR: Lennard Grohn (Germany)

Lennard Grohn, born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, is a photographer whose work seamlessly blends melancholy with a profound celebration of life's beauty.
From the moment he received his first analog camera at the age of 12, a gift from his parents, Lennard discovered a passion for storytelling through light and composition. He later refined his craft at the University of Fine Arts in Mainz, where his studies laid the foundation for his classic approach to photography.
This formative period shaped his dedication to creating timeless images that capture both personal narratives and universal emotions.
After the untimely loss of his father, Lennard found solace in black-and-white photography, using it as a medium to explore themes of memory, childhood, and the imperfections of a once-idealized world.

Alongside his photographic pursuits, Lennard's background as a drummer and percussionist brings a sense of rhythm and movement to his work, leading some to say his images echo with the harmony of music.