As I lay upon the mountain watching the goats eat the last Autumn leaves, I began to understand why Teresa wouldn’t trade this view for any of the comforts of today’s world.

Teresa had been the subject of my project “From boats to goats” and asked me if I could take her place for three weeks while she visited her family in the U.S. On a cloudless autumn day, I arrived at Malga Pausa to look after her eighteen goats, two horses, two dogs, and three cats. As Teresa left and her responsibilities became my own, I often found myself repeating her familiar gestures and words. Stepping into my subject’s shoes brought new colours to a scenery I had photographed so many times before. 

Shot on 35mm colour film.