After being selected as one of the winners of IA42, I was contacted by Rodrigo Honeywell, Art Director at The New York Times, who had seen my work during the exhibition of the award in New York.

He invited me to collaborate on a piece exploring a profoundly human subject: the care of elderly people with dementia in their final days, and the importance of having a family mediator to guide those delicate conversations with compassion and honesty.

I chose to portray a family gathered in the mediator’s office, speaking gently about how to support their loved one. As the vulnerability of the dialogue unfolds, the room transforms into a natural landscape, a space filled with calm and understanding. The walls dissolve into a quiet path through nature, symbolizing the process of letting go, yet also the commitment to love and peace in the final chapter of life.

This illustration reflects the idea that talking about death with love is, in truth, another way of caring for life, all the way to its end.