“Dear Laura,
I happened to find your website and I’m very sorry to learn that Cesar passed away two decades ago. (...) For years and years, I
wondered why Cesar never kept in touch or answered my attempts to contact him. Now I understand his reasons for returning to his
beloved Brazil.
A hug,
Henning”

There was a single reference to Henning in Cesar Papa’s archives: his first name on the back of a photo. A face impossible to track, until his message reached me. Thirty-three years after their meeting, I met Henning in Redondo Beach.