|
JUDITH FOX
I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's
|
Artist Talk, Book Signing & Reception |
Wednesday, December 8
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Exhibition continues through December 16 |
|
About the Exhibition |
"When my husband was diagnosed with Alzheimer's 11 years ago, the stigma and misinformation surrounding the disease added a ponderous weight to our daily challenges. Initially, we felt alone; eventually we found a support group, and were helped by others who were traveling with us on our unwanted journey. We learned from each other's experiences and we were warmed by our connections.
I am telling my story so that someone else will be more comfortable telling their own. Photographing the man I love is an intimate process. When I watch Ed through my camera lens, despite the distance of several feet between us, I feel as though I am caressing him. My camera isn't an obstruction, it's another way of touching him." -Judith Fox.
A poignant and beautiful portrait of a man with Alzheimer's as seen through the loving lens and words of his wife and care-partner, I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's puts a human face in front of the statistics, exploring the disease through Fox's intimate photographs and poetic writing. While the details of I Still Do are personal and unique, this deeply candid story of illness, aging, partnership, and loving is universal.
Fox's accomplishment with this sensitive, moving and lyrical series about one of the most vexing and difficult problems we face in the modern era, never loses sight of the actual lives, personalities and identities impacted. It is very hard to remain impassive in the face of her story of her husband's current life with her. I Still Do is an important contribution to the field and represents a significant achievement in contemporary photography and for Judith as a photographer.
|
|
About Judith Fox |
Judith Fox has always had two careers: one as an artist and one as an entrepreneur. After working as a photographer, writer and business executive in New York, Fox started a service company in Virginia that expanded in size and reputation. Her NPR program, On the Job, ran in Virginia and Washington, D.C. After selling her company, she devoted herself full-time to photography. Fox's award-winning photographs have been in solo and group shows in London, New York, Los Angeles and other major US cities. Fox has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows and featured in dozens of newspapers and magazines including Library Journal, ELLE, Bottom Line/Health, Forbes Woman, ForeWord and Spirituality & Health. Her photographs are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts and the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin; as well as private and corporate collections throughout the United States and Europe. I Still Do was published by powerHouse Books in 2009. |
