The news, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
A lunch as of any other, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Two sisters huging, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Recounts of youth, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Plans, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
There she waits, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
The first time they saw it, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Caresses, chromogenic print, 38,6cm x 28,5cm
Wishes are fulfilled, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
An empty bed, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
The way to Mogadouro, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Their condolences, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
How it is presented, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Where they're going, we'll follow, chromogenic print, 26,2cm x 38,6cm
Pedro's hand, chromogenic print, 38,6cm x 26,2cm
Laying her, chromogenic print, 38,6cm x 28,5cm
Two brothers and two sisters, chromogenic print, 28,5cm x 38,6cm
Wax Doll documents the funeral of Pedro Filipe Nunes’ grandmother.
Drawing inspiration from family photo albums—which traditionally preserve celebrations like weddings, births, and christenings—Nunes felt that this final farewell also deserved to be remembered, rather than omitted or forgotten with time.
The images were made as a way for the family to later reflect on the experience, offering a visual space to process grief. By focusing on moments of affection and closeness during the funeral, the work aims to reveal the quiet strength of familial bonds in the face of loss.
The project’s title comes from a remark made by the artist’s mother upon seeing the body: “It doesn’t even look like grandma—it looks like a wax doll.”
Wax Doll
2022