The Caregiving Project

Inspired by my personal experiences caring for my family, I initiated this project to support caregivers, a role and labor that has long been neglected in hospice care and for people with special needs. With the growing aging population worldwide, the question of how to care for our own aging families or families in need has become a universal concern. At some point, each of us will become a caregiver or be cared for at least once in our lifetime. To shed light on this rarely discussed topic, I began by interviewing caregivers in New York City and later remotely, for both family members and professionals, to uncover their stories and needs. I developed the idea of using disposable film cameras in collaboration with some of the interviewees.