ニューヨーク・タイムズさんのインスタグラム写真 - (ニューヨーク・タイムズInstagram)「Cheryle St. Onge began photographing her mother in April 2018. Three years earlier, her mother had been diagnosed with vascular dementia, her brain damaged from a slow decline in circulation. It left her with memory loss. In an essay for @nytopinion, St. Onge, an artist and educator, wrote that two artist friends suggested her depression about her mother’s condition might be lessened if she made work. She wrote that her mother, at 81, “can climb stairs and sign her name,” adding: “Knitting has fallen away, as has her use of a spoon. She can count hay bales in the field but will want to eat grain out of the horse’s bucket. She speaks in sentences using a perfect pitch and emotion. While the words are real, they are far from correct.” One day St. Onge picked up her iPhone and found a patch of morning light in the living room. “She blossomed,” she wrote of her mother, “turning her face to the sun, pulling her shoulder in when I gestured for her to slide to the left. She seemed to enjoy the attention and the process. This was a surprise to me. Now, hundreds of portraits later, she seems willing to try anything. She is happy to take direction and reacts to my reaction. When I am over the moon at the changing light and how her face is framed, she also smiles, happy at my happiness.” Five years into her dementia, St. Onge said her mother “is active and engages with life, even if the specifics of it are lost.” Tap the link in our bio to read more and see @cherylestonge’s photographs.」7月6日 11時25分