is. of. was.: Zebra Question

At 8 years old my favorite animal was a zebra.

(poem by Shel Silverstein from A Light in the Attic)

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Grandma's House:
My Grandmother has Alzheimer’s disease. For the last several years my family has been dealing with her gradual digression. This series documents my family after moving my grandmother out of her house and into an Alzheimer’s nursing home. These images are portraits; portraits of my family members, but also of the house that my grandmother had to leave. She built this house from scratch with my grandfather and raised six children in it. It was the center of her life and now it is slowly leaving her memory. For me the process of making this series is about a lot of things. It is about trying to understand aging, memories and home. It is about trying to piece together memories of lives that are not mine. Ultimately I think the series is about letting go; letting go of possessions, of home, of loved ones; letting go of grievances, regrets and joys.... all those things that make one's existence in a place in this world.

Pictures i didnt take:

sometimes, we don't have a camera
sometimes, we are not fast enough
sometimes, we are afraid
sometimes, we are too busy living

i dont usually photograph people, candidly. i cant seem to master that 'blending into the wall' trick of great photojournalists. Also, it makes me nervous. but that doesn't mean i don't want to.

when traveling in chiapas, mexico i found myself noticing so many photographs that i did not take. now i have noticed un-'taken' photographs in my life before, but this was excessive. i was in a new, different, curious place. almost everything seemed photoworthy. but i had been warned that photography is a very sensitive issue for many people there. so that, coupled with my nervousness for candid photography, kept my camera inside my bag more often than out. On a particular vanride as i noticed a particularily striking 'un-taken' image i realized that i was infact still 'taking' them, just not with my camera. so, I began to write them down.

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Monday, October 12, 2009

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