“Photographing them seemed to be the natural way for me to be with them and process what was happening.”
Borowick made three decisions about the project. First, it would be in black and white since she says that is how she sees her memories. Second, she wanted the content—not distractions such as hospital lights—to be the focus.
Most importantly, she decided to disassociate the project and act as if she were shooting strangers on assignment. “I forgot they were my parents and then I realized there was a lot I was seeing, the situation was happening because they were sick, but to me, the story was more about their relationship with each other, and our family, and love and understanding. I realized many stories of those with cancer focus entirely on the one who is sick but I found that our story was also about our whole family, as everyone felt the diagnosis.”
Borowick said her father was more outgoing than her mother and was therefore a bit easier to photograph, but when her mother’s health began to fail after so many years on treatment, photographing her shifted.
“My mom was always a bit more private and it made it harder for me to get closer to her because I didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable,” Borowick said. But now her mother felt an urgency, telling her “I always felt I had so much time and suddenly I’m realizing I don’t and there are so many things I wanted to say and do and I wanted to write letters to you kids.” For Borowick, her images are a version of those letters.
“I think I’ve always been a storyteller, this type of work is what I’ve always meant to be doing.”
“Photographing them seemed to be the natural way for me to be with them and process what was happening.”Borowick made three decisions about the project. First, it would be in black and white since she says that is how she sees her memories. Second, she wanted the content—not distractions such as hospital lights—to be the focus.Most importantly, she decided to disassociate the project and act as if she were shooting strangers on assignment. “I forgot they were my parents and then I realized there was a lot I was seeing, the situation was happening because they were sick, but to me, the story was more about their relationship with each other, and our family, and love and understanding. I realized many stories of those with cancer focus entirely on the one who is sick but I found that our story was also about our whole family, as everyone felt the diagnosis.”Borowick said her father was more outgoing than her mother and was therefore a bit easier to photograph, but when her mother’s health began to fail after so many years on treatment, photographing her shifted.“My mom was always a bit more private and it made it harder for me to get closer to her because I didn’t want to make her feel uncomfortable,” Borowick said. But now her mother felt an urgency, telling her “I always felt I had so much time and suddenly I’m realizing I don’t and there are so many things I wanted to say and do and I wanted to write letters to you kids.” For Borowick, her images are a version of those letters.“I think I’ve always been a storyteller, this type of work is what I’ve always meant to be doing.”
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