Collection/Recollection Series

Photographs are a way to collect memories, to keep them crisp and close. They locate the feeling and experience in our minds eye as we recollect the past. When our memories are lost to us, when they diminish over time through age or dementia, what is left? 

These images are derived from photographs of loved ones, manipulated digitally again and again over days and months until the original source is forgotten. What remains is still beautiful: a spark of movement, a flash of color and light, a few recognizable details.

As I watched my mom’s mind dwindle away via dementia over a seven-year period, my hope for her was this-- a bright and beautiful remnant of those she loved for so long.