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This is deeply saddening, the poor dear barely makes a dent in the covers she lies beneath.
The pale white and metal bars makes me very uneasy. Great peice.
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This image was featured in #NewsStand 's first article on Documentary/Editorial photography. You can find it here ! Please go check it out!
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Your DD has been featured in my newsletter: [link]
thank you for sharing!
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I would favorite this but I don't think I can... Because... It is WAY to much like what happen3d with my dad... only he was younger... It breaks my heart to much to keep it in view...
I don't think I can look at t his picture anymore. But it IS an amazing piece of work. I feel for this patient, and their family.
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Perfect composition, perfect photograph. I want to cry.
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i just finished my first clinical rotation and it was pretty much what you see in this picture, but i have to say, the only thing that is different is that there is love in this picture. you captured that. where i work there is not really signs of that in the room, some patients' families do not even know their relatives are there and it is rather sad and it angering. so as nurse-in-progress i am learning that i have to be there for my patient. this picture is beautiful. its human,dark and peaceful at the same time. i feel for the patient in the picture but can rest assure that she is loved because of the articles in her room.
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you work where i haven't photographed yet... so far with this project I have only seen aged care with very good facilities, and fortunate residents.
i'm still waiting to get more access to keep shooting more images, for a more balanced view on the subject. there are some horrible stories, as you say.
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but you have captured what gives me hope and what i must remember to give to others.
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I've seen this setting before, I used to be a CNA at a nursing home, although it looks much more calm and clean than I've ever experienced. The room looks like it's much nicer than some of the places I've worked.
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Touching! Sad, but beautiful but... yeah, maybe just sad.
Our life...
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Reminds me of my days when I too lay in my death bed. Its so full of powerful, subtle emotion. Amazing photography!
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Quite moving, i feel the emotion oozing through out the image. beautiful :]
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This is an emotional piece for me, she doesn't look a bit like my Nana (either of them), my husbands Grandma, or Pops, but I have seen all four of those strong people like this, in a big white room, looking weak, although they are loved, with gifts and flowers, they are alone, and helpless.
I love it, the composition, the emotion, the lighting.
Thumbs up for the daily dev.
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God... poor grandma...
really sad photo... you deserve the DD anyway
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To get the image more attention! Hopefully it moves someone.
I couldn't care less for the dd, I know some people on deviantart live for such things, but for me it's about getting the image some good airtime.
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This image does remind me of a loved one who passed away a coupe years back.
...And whenever I remember her,
I always think that,
I never realized what I truly had, until I lost her.
And seeing this image does bring that back to me.
So I've learned to always appreciate what and who I have, and make everyday count.
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this picture made me cry... I had to live in the hospital for the past year.............. thank you so much for this.. it's such a beautiful shot..
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trust you're better now!
thanks!
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I sure am! You're most welcome.
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This made me kinda flinch when I noticed who was inside the bed.
My grandfather is in rehab and everyday I go to visit him I pass by those filled beds with people just as frail as her.
Very powerful.
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make sure you get a photo of him. if you do one thing before he passes away, do it - for him, you and your family.
it's so crucial to have an image... a record of that life, at the end. it's going to seem invasive at first, but you will not realise until he's gone how important it is.
my great grandfater was 103, I have a silly cellphone photo of his last room because i didnt have the gear back then to make a photo unobtrusively.
i have a photo of him in his armchair which is not the best photo ever by any means, but... it's fucking important.
best wishes
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Thank you, I shall do that.
So important to you though, isn't it?
Thanks, and for you too.
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the picture looks very simple, just a screenshot of whats happening, yet it has a powerful pull, almost making you feel intense, and uncomfortable, i love this 
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Anyone else see the bundled jacket/cloth on the metal pole and suddenly get a Grim Reaper vibe out of it?
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I do. *Shivers* This is sad. That poor lady.
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This a glorious shot, it really shows emotion in an artistic way. I really like the mirror in the right side, and the flowers and the blue cloth really pull for the few colors needed. Very well done, absolutely amazing and well worth the DD. ^.^
It really did affect me, made me notice once more about how short life really is.
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such a beautiful picture, the photo held me cos of the softness but contrasting sharp lines, took me a while to notice the lady laying there, really yanks on your heartstrings..
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Amazing work, I love the contrast and the muted colors in the photo.
This is the art I want to take pictures of!
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this one is really touching
the pale white covering the whole space make it so sad, yet the touch of the flowers and the blue piece at the right give it some life
keep up the good work
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why would you post this on the internet, i dont understand?
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why not? i'm a journalist, this is a story that i am telling.
your thoughts?
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it's just that she doesnt seem to be aware of it at all and she doesnt look so healthy eather..
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well she's in an old peoples home. so no, not very healthy, nor very aware of my presence there.
do you not understand photography as a documentary tool?
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yes of course, but i don't believe in taking photos of soemone in such a state whilst being unaware of it.
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I'm not being disrespectful in any way. I'm sympathetic to her position.
You haven't explained your argument very well... all I know is that you do not believe in my photographing of this lady, whilst she is unaware.
Why?
and...
Should I have woken her up?
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