Just as i finished my writing for Assignment 5, I received a Facebook notification from a friend who asked my thoughts on a video posted on the Staits Times website.
The video is about Freelance photographer Alan Lee, who at 69, is suffering from the last stages of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). This condition is progressive and is causing him major breathing difficulties, even though he is limited to a wheelchair he still wanted to photograph his fellow patients in the hospice.
Lee stated "I don't want to die, I didn't come here to die, I came here to take pictures" and in doing so has created possibly the last exhibition of his work 'Come Walk with Me' showing life within the hospice.
I can understand some of the frustrations he expresses within the video regarding the limited access he had, but he has taken some highly expressive images and his work shows his happiness bot only in his ability to take photos but the happiness of his fellow patients at the hospice.
Lee demonstrates his skill by not allowing his condition to limit him and I am deeply touched by his words in the video. Like Peter Mansell he faces his situation head on and using his skills as and artist allows us in to see the people within who are coping with their condition.
Reference
Straits Times. 2017. Photographer's final look at life in a hospice. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.straitstimes.com/videos/-photographers-final-look-at-life-in-a-hospice/5535073757001. [Accessed 29 August 2017].
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