Love and Desire Among Elder Couples
By Miss Rosen on May 13, 2021
Irene, 80, and Günter, 79, are a catholic couple married for more than 60 years.
Nila, 84, met Engelbert, 70, in an amateur theatre in Berlin in 1978. She was 42 years old and a single mother of two sons. Engelbert was fourteen years younger than her. He had come from Bavaria to Berlin where he led an individual life. “None of our friends believed in this impossible love”, Nila remembers.
German photographer Mirja Maria Thiel rediscovered her love of photography during motherhood, finding the camera the perfect tool to record the moment and make sense out of the growing complexity and demanding nature of family life. Aware of the ephemeral nature of life itself, photography became a means to manage the melancholia that dwelled within, acting as a balm for the emotional chaos by preserving the ever-fleeting moments of life.