Silent Voice about Alzheimers
title: 2040.PER.CHANDARIA
subject: Conceptual
description: Description Bunshri Chandaria’s Silent Voice makes visible the invisibility of Alzheimer’s for which she was awarded a Fellowship from the Royal Photographic Society. ‘My late mother-in-law, Ramaba’s diagnosis had alarmed and saddened me. She was still the epitome of beauty but a disconnect between her and the world had set in. She went quiet. I felt a deep need to give her a voice.’ Ramaba’s personal effects triggered her random memories. These became the subject of the book, captured in Ramaba’s own words and Chandaria’s enigmatic images of the objects, shot in-situ in her mother-in-law’s familiar surroundings, along with Chandaria’s reflections on her mother-in-law’s condition. • Testimonials: The achingly beautiful ‘Silent Voice’ by Bunshri is a poignant memento of a life well lived but also touches on how affected by Alzheimer’s. Heartbreaking yet peaceful, calm yet urgent. Highly recommended. (By doctor/photographer) • It is a riveting story of your Bunshri’s mother-in-law and she told it with much love, empathy and compassion. Beautiful, so beautiful. It touched me deeply.
creator: Bunshri Chandaria FRPS
publisher: Envisage Books
date: 2023
format: 3-hole sewn Standard Edition 270gsm Mohawk cover 150gsm Mohawk inside pages 4 colour