Photographer captures the final years his parents spent together before their deaths
Their relationship was one of friendship, fun, care, and love.
Over the course of their final years together Paddy decided to document their bond in more than 1,000 photographs, eventually compiling the best 83 images taken from 1997 to 2007 in theEach one takes place at his parents’ home in Oxford, and is taken in black and white so the focus is entirely on his mother and father’s relationship. The pair spent a lot of time in their garden, which is why you’ll see that as the main backdrop.
There, in the pictures of mundane moments full of joy, Paddy captures the wonderful relationship that united his parents for decades – as they dance, garden, and walk hand in hand.In the final years of the project, Paddy’s mother developed Alzheimer’s and struggled with memory loss. His father cared for her until her death, in 2000.
For the seven years after that, Paddy took care of his dad, and continued photographing his existence without the love of his life. Paddy’s father died in 2008, but both he and his wife will live on through shared memories, stories, and photographs.
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