by Loli Kantor (Photographer), Nissan Perez (Text by (Art/Photo Books)), Danna Heller (Text by (Art/Photo Books))

One photographer's nostalgic, archive-based look at her mother, after whom she was named

For over 20 years, photographer Loli Kantor (born 1952) has excavated her family archives to explore the wider upheavals of war and displacement, trauma and bereavement. Her mother, Lola, lies at the heart of the project: a woman manifested through images and stories rather than direct memory.