34. Last Picture

On Photography
A photograph of the photographer's great grandmother sitting down, looking up at the camera smiling, and holding a baby

"The last picture I took of my Great Grandma meeting her Great Great Granddaughter for the first time. My daughter was the start of the 5th generation in our family. Unknown to her and to us, my great grandma had Motor Neurone Disease at the time and this is now a picture that I cherish since her passing."

 

– Samantha Exley

Family Photography Now, directive and week 34: In the spirit of Joseph Beuys who said, 'Death keeps me awake!’ - show me the last picture you took of somebody you loved

— Oliver Chanarin, artist