My mom turns 87 in 3 weeks. I came in after nap the other day and the sunlight was streaming in through the window so I grabbed my new camera and took some photos. She had on a pink turtleneck which really looked bad next to her yellow sheets so I made it a B&W.
We are now in the final stages of Alzheimer's, she only knows my dad some of the time and quite often thinks he is her father. She doesn't know any of us kids now. She is very quiet and usually only speaks up when I feed her; she always compliments me on the food!
I love the character lines that have developed. Thanks for looking.
Beautiful, chris, beautiful.
:speechless:
keep up the good work for your mom. you will never regret it.
There's a lot of love in that face.
Beautiful.... I too am speechless.
Great job Chris - that's a keeper.
I hope you're going to frame that one Chris. It's lovely.
There's a lot of love in that face.
what he said. The eyes don't give away the disease. She may not know who you are, but she knows she loves you.
Beautiful picture. Did you shoot it as digital? Is it natively black and white or did you decide on that during processing? Black and white is perfect for it.
I shot it on my new camera, a Canon 5D, I shot it in color but changed it to BW in the processing stages.
Chris
Well done. You should take some more while you have the chance. Very nice.
I should go take some pics of my mom.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again...your parents are incredibly blessed that they have you. Not only are you doing the incredibly difficult and often painful job of caring for them in their declining years, but you clearly are finding the beauty in the experience.
I hope you write a book, bro. You can illustrate it with the wonderful pics you are taking.
Terrific photo & a terrific model, as well.
The camera loves your Mom and so do you.
Its all in that picture - great job!
Sorry to say it dude, but Alz is eventually fatal. My Paw Paw on my mom's side, and my Ma'maw on my dad's side died from it.
Chris that's an amazing and beautiful picture. Reminds me a lot of my nan actually. So glad you shared with us.
I wish I was skilled enough to get a similar quality photo of my Grandad while I still have the chance. He's compos mentis (well, pretty much - he's increasingly paranoid) at 84, but his face is a study of his years of hard work and would be lovely to remember him by.
A lovely picture, and a positive way to remember your mother, even though she is unable to remember you.
she is a lucky women, to be taken care of, even with the memory loss. Great picture! Does she remember things in her past at all?
Wow, its a great picture Chris. I kinda like older people, most of them i mean.... They look so fragile but possess that much experience and love...