SUNDOWNING

What started out as a vision was soon corroded, leaving only a sense of disarray and the desire of a new existence.

My most recent photography work focuses on the erosion memory, which I have called my Sundowning Series.

The term sundowning refers to a state of confusion that can occur in someone with Alzheimer's disease or another form of dementia as daylight begins to fade in the late afternoon and often spanning into the night. Sundowning can cause a variety of behaviors, such as confusion, anxiety, aggression or ignoring directions. Sundowning can also lead to pacing or wandering.

I usually shoot with a Holga 120N Plastic Camera : Medium Format. The Holga's low-cost construction and simple meniscus lens often yields pictures that display vignetting, blur, light leaks, and other distortions. I also stay consistent with the typical timing of sundowning syndrome, preferring to shoot in the late afternoon and evening.

After film development, I digitally layer many of the distorted images upon each other, adjusting the opacity of the images to create a new composite memory of the film.