I will Always Feel Your Absence series (2017)
'In August 2016 my step Father was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer of the liver (Cholangiocarcinoma), he died by May 2017. He and my mother had twin daughters who were just 18, they were taking their A-Level exams and preparing to leave for University. I suppose my camera was sometimes a barrier for me to hide behind whilst being in full view of what was going on. As a family we were about to lose an integral and precious person in our lives and the impact on my Mum knowing that she would be a widow and that her remaining two daughters would be leaving home was palpable. That the girls were facing a new and exciting time of leaving for university which was now marred by losing their father and significantly a dramatic portion of their childhood. And poignantly for him, that he had a 'duty' to be strong for his wife and daughters whilst clutching a terrible sadness -that he didn't want to leave them. Every element in this situation was contained within a bubble, we became almost unable to confront our own future inevitability let alone anyone else's. It became quite an emotionally isolated experience whilst we all held on to eachother in support'.
'In August 2016 my step Father was diagnosed with an aggressive cancer of the liver (Cholangiocarcinoma), he died by May 2017. He and my mother had twin daughters who were just 18, they were taking their A-Level exams and preparing to leave for University. I suppose my camera was sometimes a barrier for me to hide behind whilst being in full view of what was going on. As a family we were about to lose an integral and precious person in our lives and the impact on my Mum knowing that she would be a widow and that her remaining two daughters would be leaving home was palpable. That the girls were facing a new and exciting time of leaving for university which was now marred by losing their father and significantly a dramatic portion of their childhood. And poignantly for him, that he had a 'duty' to be strong for his wife and daughters whilst clutching a terrible sadness -that he didn't want to leave them. Every element in this situation was contained within a bubble, we became almost unable to confront our own future inevitability let alone anyone else's. It became quite an emotionally isolated experience whilst we all held on to eachother in support'.