ARTIST STATEMENT
The series, Today is Yesterday and Tomorrow explores my experience of providing daily care for my parents over the past several years. Caregiving for my parents (both who have dementia diagnoses) comes with rewards and challenges. Being able to ensure that my parents are looked after with love and understanding, and being present for them offers rewards. The challenges are myriad, as cognitive functioning and physical health decline the caregiver role increases and changes. Documenting this experience kept me grounded. It slowed me down when frustrated, and pay attention when pulled in different directions, and helped me stay connected to why I was there. Seeing their interdependence and how it enabled them to support one another gave me a deeper understanding of my parent’s relationship.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Lynne Breitfeller is a photographer who lives in New Jersey. She explores the nuances of everyday life, examining both the ordinary and unexpected. Human relationships, memory and loss, transience, and humor are recurrent themes in her work. She received her B.A. in English from William Paterson University and studied photography at the International Center for Photography (NY), Los Angeles Center for Photography (CA), and Maine Media College (MA). After a two-decade career in textbook publishing, she returned to the visual arts. Her work has been exhibited at The Griffin Museum of Photography (MA), Colorado Photographic Arts Center (CO), Vermont Center for Photography (VT), Los Angeles Center for Photography and Marin Museum of Contemporary Art (CA), and Montclair Art Museum (NJ) amongst others. She was recognized in Photolucida’s 2023 Critical Mass Top 50, received the 29th Annual Member Exhibition Prize 2023 at the Griffin Museum, first place in Soho Photo National Competition 2023, and a finalist 2022 Lucie Foundation’s Open Call 2022, Portrait Category, Her work has been featured in Lenscratch, Fotofilmic, Analog Forever, SilverGrain, Black + White UK, SHOTS, and All About Photo magazines.
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