French photographer Sacha Goldberger noticed his 91-year-old grandmother Frederika was feeling depressed, so he did what any good grandson would do to cheer her up: Photograph her as a superhero.
During World War II, Frederika saved the lives of ten Jewish people by hiding them from Nazis. She was eventually forced to illegally flee Hungary by the Communist regime, or be killed. She’s lived a fairly trying and incredible life and her grandson felt a woman like that shouldn’t have to deal with loneliness and depression.
A couple more pictures from their photo shoot:
You can check out more of the picture set, entitled “Mamika,” over at Sacha Goldberger’s website. Sacha also created a MySpace profile for his grandmother, which you can check out here.
(Sacha Goldberger via My Modern Met)
