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Pablove Shutterbugs Shows Children with Cancer the Healing Power of Creativity

Developing their creative voice through the art of photography
Posted on January 13, 2013 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

The mission of The Pablove Foundation is to fund pediatric cancer research and advances in treatment, educate and empower families, and improve the quality of life for children living with cancer through play, music and arts programs with hospitals. Annually, the … Continue reading →

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Photography Examines the Relationship Between Life and Death

Photographer Alex Forsyth investigates self-preservation and self-representation through "This Here Now"
Posted on November 25, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Brooklyn-based photographer Alex Forsyth investigates life, death and aging with her project This Here Now, which includes three series of images. According to the artist’s profile at artistswanted.org, the project “investigates our failure in self-preservation and self-representation when working against … Continue reading →

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Grace Before Dying

Photography of the end-of-life at Louisiana State Penitentiary
Posted on June 3, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

These photographs, taken at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, make up the collection Grace Before Dying, which looks at how, through hospice, volunteer inmates assert and affirm their humanity in an environment designed to isolate and punish. More than 85% of … Continue reading →

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Controversial Art Finds a Home in the East Bay

Varese Layzer's Artwork Joins Others' Addressing the Loss of a Loved One
Posted on April 1, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Photographer Varese Layzer has found a welcoming home for her collection Making Room, photographs that document her experience of clearing out her childhood home after her mother’s death. Nine months ago, the collection was removed from its promised (and contracted) … Continue reading →

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Love, Loss, and Laughter: Seeing Alzheimer’s Differently

Photographs by Cathy Greenblat Challenge the Common Stereotypes of Alzheimer's and Dementia
Posted on March 14, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

An exhibition of 84 poignant photographs demonstrating a new global approach to caring for people with Alzheimer’s and other dementias — and sharply disputing common stereotypes of dementia patients — opens today and continues through April 28 at the Michael … Continue reading →

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Diaries of Visual Relationships

Rebecca Sexton Larson shares the inspiration behind her darkly-romantic photographs.
Posted on February 12, 2012 by Dana Sitar (Blog Writer, SevenPonds)

Rebecca Sexton Larson is a Tampa, Florida-based studio artist working with alternative photographic processes. Below, she shares some images from her “Visual Diary Series”, as well as an explanation of the alternative processes used to create them. From the artist: … Continue reading →

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