to belong is a portrait and poetry series exploring identity, culture, and the quiet in-between of growing up across borders. It features four subjects at different life stages: a child, a teenager, a young adult, and an older adult. The project weaves analog photographs with poems drawn from intimate interviews. Each story reflects on language, memory, and the search for home.

This project is part of CHAC, an EU funded initiative supporting young people to explore identity and expression through creative work.

Each photo leads to a story. Explore by clicking.

Concept and Text by Gabriella Linardi
Photography by Tayla Moreira