Wedding in a mobile hospice

The survival of mobile hospices has been — and remains — a pressing social issue in Slovakia. At the end of 2024, staff from St. Louise Mobile Hospice in Banská Bystrica asked me to document their work. The first, very emotional request was to capture a wedding at the home of a client in the terminal stage. She passed away just six days after the ceremony.

author

Róbert Ragan

freelance photographer

Róbert Ragan is a musician and educator who has been dedicated to the photography for over two decades. His photographic work has been recognized both in Slovakia and abroad — he is a finalist in competitions such as SPP 2019 and the Nikon Calendar 2012. His photographs illustrated the poetry collection A Short Story About Love by Peter Konečný, and his work regularly appears in various magazines.