KAYVAN, MY FRIEND

Photography gave me the opportunity
to be close to Kayvan from January 1998,
when he knew for what he was going
to die, to his death.
Since the beginning he never accepted
surgery because it would have meant,
in his case, to prevent himself to die
with dignity.
Kayvan went through several therapies
and bad pains, but with his oriental mood
he coped with any lacking.
He did not want to be a weight for
relatives and friends and so kept on till
the end taking care and worring about
everybodyelse more than himself.
He only asked not to suffer useless pain
and possibly to decide about his death
which came in November 1999
at the age of 48.