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    DEBORA HUNTER                   minding my place

    • portfolios
      SHOOTING BLANKS AT THE NRA, 2018
      ERECTUS DYSFUNCTION, 2018
      VANTAGE POINT, 2016
      HOMEMAKING, TAOS NM, 2004-22
      AUTO BIOGRAPHY, 1991 -
      RAW MATERIAL: PORTRAITS OF BABIES, 1988-90
      WAITING: PORTRAITS OF THE TERMINALLY ILL, 1980-86
      SEA, WIND, SKY in MARITIME CANADA, 1976-81
      OUTPORT, 1978-1981
      The Female Gaze, 1974-76
      My Teachers, 1971-1976
      Biography
      Links
      News
      Contact

WAITING: PORTRAITS OF THE TERMINALLY ILL, 1980-86

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1980 through 1986 I photographed terminally ill persons in their home environments. As the home hospice movement gained acceptance, I worked with non-profit agencies that provided home health aides, nurses and social workers to those diagnosed as having less than six months to live. Although each person lived within a social setting, I explored the isolation that death brings.
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