Something new? Check.
Something old? Yes.
Something borrowed? Also yes.
Something blue? She had almost forgotten—but yes, that too.
Only a few hours remained before the ceremony.
“Are you nervous?” her mother asked, holding the dress.
“Yes, but…”
“Elena! You look beautiful!” her friends burst in together.
“More than anything,” she said, “I’m happy. Happy and in love.”
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Inspired by the research project Álbum de familia by the Centro de Fotografía de Montevideo, and by the testimony of Elena Civera in Los GAU. Una historia del pasado reciente (1967–1985) (2018, Ediciones de la Banda Oriental) by Martín Ponce de León and Enrique Rubio.
Artist
- Name
- Elena Paulina Lerena Costa
- Place of birth
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Date of birth
- 22/05/1947
- Place of disappearance
- Argentina
- Date of disappearance
- 21/12/1977
- Age
- 30 years old
