Photographer Lori Grinker struggled to get along with her mother all of her life. When she moved in with her to help with her failing health, old wounds melted away.
Eventually Lori went home to New York but she continued visiting and photographing her mom until Audrey passed away in March 2021 at age 85.in 2022, which supports visual stories focused on Alzheimer's disease or dementia. Here, Lori reflects on the experience of making the photos and her changing relationship with Audrey.What was your relationship with your mom like before this project began?
A 1st Place golf trophy from 2005. Audrey was an avid golfer. Her trophies were kept on her shelves. Some of the people who worked at the assisted living facility loved talking to her about golf, as did her doctors.When my brother was sick [with AIDS], my mother and I switched off every few weeks taking care of him when he was really unable to take care of himself. But she was still very selfish, because everything was on her schedule.
Left: Metal snap roll yard stick from the Grinker childhood home, circa 1960 that Lori loved to play with. Right: Appian Way pizza pan-one of the objects that got Lori started on this project. Audrey used this all the time starting during Lori's childhood to heat up food in the oven. The pan was part of a kit from the first mass-produced pizza pie mix in a box in the United States, circa 1950's.
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