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JUDITH FOX
I Still Do: Loving
and Living with Alzheimer's
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Artist Talk, Book Signing &
Reception
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Wednesday, December 8
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Exhibition continues through December
16
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About the
Exhibition
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"When my husband was diagnosed with
Alzheimer's 11 years ago, the stigma and misinformation surrounding
the disease added a ponderous weight to our daily challenges.
Initially, we felt alone; eventually we found a support group, and
were helped by others who were traveling with us on our unwanted
journey. We learned from each other's experiences and we were
warmed by our connections.
I am telling my story so that someone else will be more comfortable
telling their own. Photographing the man I love is an intimate
process. When I watch Ed through my camera lens, despite the
distance of several feet between us, I feel as though I am
caressing him. My camera isn't an obstruction, it's another way of
touching him." -Judith
Fox.
A
poignant and beautiful portrait of a man with Alzheimer's as seen
through the loving lens and words of his wife and care-partner,
I Still Do: Loving and Living with Alzheimer's puts a
human face in front of the statistics, exploring the disease
through Fox's intimate photographs and poetic writing. While the
details of I Still Do are personal and unique, this deeply
candid story of illness, aging, partnership, and loving is
universal.
Fox's accomplishment with this sensitive, moving and lyrical series
about one of the most vexing and difficult problems we face in the
modern era, never loses sight of the actual lives, personalities
and identities impacted. It is very hard to remain impassive in the
face of her story of her husband's current life with her. I
Still Do is an important contribution to the field and
represents a significant achievement in contemporary photography
and for Judith as a photographer.
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About
Judith Fox
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Judith Fox has always
had two careers: one as an artist and one as an entrepreneur. After
working as a photographer, writer and business executive in New
York, Fox started a service company in Virginia that expanded in
size and reputation. Her NPR program, On the Job, ran in
Virginia and Washington, D.C. After selling her company, she
devoted herself full-time to photography. Fox's award-winning
photographs have been in solo and group shows in London, New York,
Los Angeles and other major US cities. Fox has been interviewed on
numerous television and radio shows and featured in dozens of
newspapers and magazines including Library Journal,
ELLE, Bottom Line/Health, Forbes Woman,
ForeWord and Spirituality & Health. Her
photographs are in the permanent collections of the Los Angeles
County Museum of Art, the Museum of Photographic Arts and the Harry
Ransom Center at the University of Texas, Austin; as well as
private and corporate collections throughout the United States and
Europe. I Still Do was published by powerHouse Books in
2009.
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