“In moments of joy and sorrow
In times of ease and strife
I’ll be there by your side
Holding your hand through life”

-Mahdin

Joost asked me to photograph his family at the residential and working community for adults with intellectual disabilities, OlmenEs, in Friesland, where his beloved sister Michelle lives. When I met his family, I encountered strong individuals united by a warm and loving bond centred around their sister.