Radhika Chitalia Late Father’s Passport Transforms into a Memory Capsule

Radhika Chitalia has transformed her late father's expired passport into a visual memorial, as Colossal reports—painting over visa stamps and immigration marks with gouache to create something new. Her father had loved to travel and envisioned a retirement exploring the world, but passed away before that could happen. The Copenhagen-based illustrator filled the blank and worn pages with images, turning the document into both a personal memory and a time capsule of journeys taken and dreams deferred.

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