20 Days over 20 Years

• Photographer
  Matthew Dols

MY RELATIONSHIP WITH HER STARTED EXACTLY 20 YEARS AGO. THIS WAS NOT A CONVENTIONAL AFFAIR AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT TO DESCRIBE. WHAT WAS MOST PROFOUND TO ME WAS OUR CONTINUED CORRESPONDENCE OVER THE YEARS REGARDLESS OF WHERE OR WHO WE WERE AT THE TIME. WE ALWAYS RETURNED TO ONE ANOTHER, IN THE SAME NATURAL WAY THAT MIGHT AFFECT THE TIDES. THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE A SERIES OF STILL MOMENTS FROM OUR RELATIONSHIP. THE TEXT IS COMPILED FROM LETTERS FROM HER AND DIARY ENTRIES FROM ME. I WAS ONLY IN HER PRESENCE 20 DAYS OVER 20 YEARS.