Home Away from Home

PHOTOGRAPHY AND TEXT BY BERT STEPHANI

The word “home” to me has little to do with a physical space, it’s more about how you feel in it. Last week I took the family for a couple of days to the French countryside and immediately, in this little rented house that we had never seen before, we all felt right at home. Home is a place where I calm down, feel safe and have time for my family. It’s where my kids can go “feral” and be creative. It’s a place where we don’t have to bother with conventions and be ourselves.