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‘Left Behind’: A Photo Series by Jennifer Loeber
A collection of juxtaposed photos paying tribute to an artist's mother
Death isn’t an uncommon theme in artwork. This isn’t surprising, since death is something that informs much of our lives. It’s something we all must deal with and cope with — it is something we spend much of our life … Continue reading
Posted in Soulful Expressions
Tagged Art, Art About Death, Beauty, Death, Grief, Grieving, Hope, Jennifer Loeber, Left Behind, photography, Soulful Expressions
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Hospice Photo Stories Offer Insight into Pan-Asian World of Palliative Care
Short film 'After Cicely' inspires photo journals documenting hospice care across Asia
Inspired by British physician and founder of the modern hospice movement, Cicely Saunders (1918-2005), the short film After Cicely explores the incorporation of palliative care into medical practices across Asia. This film inspired several photo stories that document palliative care … Continue reading
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Tagged Cicely Saunders, Hospice, Palliative Care, Personal Story, photography
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Emma Kisiel Views Death Through an Unusual Lens
The photographer's At Rest series explores the uniquely human need for funerals
Imagine stopping at the side of the road to give a dead possum a funeral, complete with flowers and stones marking the burial site. Most of us would likely cringe at the thought, but photographer Emma Kisiel has made it … Continue reading
How Does Grief Affect the Creative Process? An Interview with Photographer Sarah Treanor
A fine art photographer discusses how art helped her cope with the sudden death of her fiancé
Today, SevenPonds spoke with Sarah Treanor, a fine art photographer and writer, based in Ohio. Her recent body of work, Still, Life, consists of self-portraits that explore her grieving process following the sudden death of her fiancé in 2012. Juniper: How does … Continue reading
Posted in Professional Advice
Tagged Art, Art therapy, Death, Emotion, Grief, photography, Photography about Loss, Sarah Treanor
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Light Passing Through
Amy Friend's photographs materialize the transience of light and being
Amy Friend’s photographic series “Dara Alla Luce” whispers ephemeral. Orbs of light give form to lines of the body, subjects whose physiology has long been returned to the dirt of the earth. Dara alla luce is Italian, translated as “to bring to the light.” We … Continue reading
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Tagged Amy Friend, Art, California Sunday Magazine, Death, Dying, Light and Being, Orbs, Photo Art, photography, Soulful Expressions
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Marks the Spot
Dave Nance's photographic series "Descansos" documents the roadside memorials of the American Southwest
Death, so they say, is inescapable. It is a private affair that plays out in public, and the depths of grief follow the same shifting landscape of public and personal. A death is marked in the public sphere in obituaries, … Continue reading
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Tagged American Southwest, Dave Nance, Death, Descansos, Grave Markers, Grief, Memorials, photography, Roadside Memorials, Tombstones
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