The Light Remains
I took these photographs of my mother and her home in Long Island, New York over a four year period, beginning in the Winter of 2005. Her health had then started to decline.
Still, she was a gracious and cooperative subject, and these photographic sessions gave the two of us a special opportunity to sit and chat about both recent and long ago family events.
She passed away in May of 2007.
Shortly afterward, I continued to photograph in and around the house, focusing on the details of her life that she had left behind.
I returned to the house in May, 2009, right before it was sold. By that time, all the furniture, cigar boxes, finger paintings and other mementos of our lives together had been packed up and cleared out. The rooms were empty and quiet.
All that remained were memories dancing in the late afternoon light.
