Artist With Alzheimer’s Drew Self Portraits For 5 Years Until He Could Barely Remember His Own Face. Group project research.

“In these pictures we see with heart-breaking intensity William’s efforts to explain his altered self, his fears and his sadness.” written by his wife Patricia.

whilst researching for our group project, i found this artists who created a series of paintings over 5 years. they display his journey since he was diagnosed with Alzheimers. the series of paintings show how over time he has forgotten his own identity and also the ones around him. these images are some what inspiring to carry on no matter what you are going through. in the article in which i found these images they are unsure wether the loss in artistic skills was down to his mind fading away or his change in physic. either way the paintings show a journey.

As a group we found that it would be nicer to show a journey not just with my nan but with all the shoots we have taken we wanted them to all link some how. we are starting off our video with my nan’s hands and then we are going to show the rest of the clips that can be associated with memory and things that we personally can attach ourselves with as well, for example the song that is going to be played over the top of the video is a family song with my nan and grandad actually danced to at their wedding. we have also incorporated nature shots and animals which is something that Leah who is part of my group strongly associates with her memory’s. one thing that helps us link all of our shoots together as well is that we have all had some one in our family who has been affected by the Alzheimers disease, so we each have something that we can connect to the members of our family who have been affected throughout this video.