Tony Luciani: A mother and son's photographic journey through dementia
Tony Luciani: Anya és fia képes utazása Demenciába
Tony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, beginning a four-year-long voyage of discovery. Full bio
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moved in with me,
Elia hozzám költözött,
a memóriája és az életkora.
with memory loss and accepting her age.
as comfortable as possible,
legnagyobb kényelmet biztosítani,
and see her just ... there.
hogy egyszerűen csak van:
aki mellett felnőttem.
and I needed a break from my painting.
hogy kicsit letegyem az ecsetet.
I had just bought.
amit akkor vettem.
it had all sorts of dials,
Volt rajta mindenféle tárcsa
tudni akartam, mi hogy működik.
facing this large mirror,
egy nagy tükörrel szemben,
to the only bathroom in the house.
a ház egyetlen fürdőszobája felé.
aztán hallottam, hogy...
"I need to use the washroom."
"Ki kell mennem a mosdóba."
Ez meg kell még csinálnom."
we could do together.
amit együtt csinálhattunk.
mountain village in central Italy,
született Olaszország közepén.
birkákat is tartottak.
her father died of pneumonia,
tüdőgyulladásban meghalt
with all the heavy chores.
és a rengeteg munkát.
hogy egyedül nem győzik.
stranger twice her age.
aki kétszer annyi idős volt, mint ő.
and was pushed into adulthood.
when she was only 16.
of a very large sewing department.
of immigrant workers,
from translation books.
nézett utána kifejezésgyűjteményekben.
Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish,
spanyol, portugál, dán,
all around the house.
és magyar szavakat.
and determination to succeed
milyen elszántan dolgozik azért,
létrejött köztünk ez a kapcsolat,
with Mom as portrait model.
ismereteimet: anyukám volt a modell.
she talked, and I listened.
and how she was feeling now.
hogy érzi magát mostanában.
her younger years.
annál jobban emlékezett.
and I sketched them out.
by acting out the scenarios myself.
more about photography.
bántam a fényképezőgéppel.
az egészet, szeretett játszani.
she felt wanted and needed.
hogy szükség van rá.
came from an old German film I'd seen,
amit korábban láttam.
és "Das Boot" volt a címe.
looked more like "E.T."
inkább E.T.-t idézi.
thinking it was a total failure,
Úgy gondoltam, egyáltalán nem sikerült,
my particular vision.
amit elképzeltem.
decided to post it online anyway.
felteszem a netre, csak úgy viccből.
vagy a demenciáról van szó,
of frustration and sadness
hogy valamilyen szinten
a kétségbeesés és a szomorúság.
a fejem mindenféle mondanivalóval,
I forget what they are?"
mindenféle mondanivalóval,
I forget what they are?"
and full-time painter,
főállásban gondoskodtam róla,
all the difficulties, we played.
foglalkoztatta az öregedés is.
"How did I get so old, so fast?"
ilyen öreg, és ilyen gyorsan?"
for my oil paintings.
olajfestményekhez is.
to the floor in the basement.
a padlóhoz csavarozva.
and bring my schoolwork with me.
vittem a tanulnivalómat is.
in this overstuffed chair.
telepakolt székre.
and the repetitive stitching sounds
és a tű egyenletes surrogása
in my studio for safekeeping.
tároltam, hogy jó helyen legyen.
back to my childhood.
sitting behind me,
machine she sewed at
dolgozik, mint egykor,
és nézem, ahogy varr –
to keep her busy and thinking.
feladatot is adtam neki.
10 pictures a day of anything she wanted.
készítsen legalább 10 képet – bármiről.
in her life before this.
fényképezőgép a kezében.
and talk about our work.
és beszélgettünk a munkánkról.
why they were relevant.
keltenek, és miért fontosak nekem.
would just bluntly say,
with words or without.
akár szavak nélkül is.
hasn't ended with Mom.
tettünk, nem értek véget.
living residence,
to be in my house.
biztonságos velem laknia.
But you know what? That's OK.
De tudják mit? Nem is baj.
when she sees me.
or ethical on my part.
részemről fair vagy etikus.
the reasons for doing them.
I appreciated and loved them.
és mennyire szerettem őket.
másként legyen,
elbúcsúzni egymástól.
and really listening.
hogy vele legyek, és figyeljek rá.
a part of something, anything.
megélni valamit, bármit.
exceptionally profound that's shared --
különleges dolognak lennie,
from everyone, please?
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Tony Luciani - ArtistTony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, beginning a four-year-long voyage of discovery.
Why you should listen
Tony Luciani picked up a camera in 2014 to document his aging mom's struggle with dementia, and it was the imaginative expression of the collaboration that propelled his work internationally. After more than 40 years as a full-time painter, Luciani garnered worldwide attention with this four-year-long photography series. Their voyage of discovery, expressing the benefits of inclusion and participation within a creative medium, has gone beyond the boundaries of recognizing it as just a personal visual diary.
Luciani graduated from Toronto's Ontario College of Art in 1977 with prestigious honors. At age 21, he was encouraged to continue with his fifth-year post-graduate study in Florence, Italy. It was there that he found maturity while carefully observing the historical paintings of the Renaissance Masters. Upon returning, he was promptly accepted for representation by a well-respected and established Canadian art gallery.
In defining his work, Luciani prefers to be placed in a tradition of realism, which is both interpretive and characterized by focused observation. As a photographer, he likes defining his imagery as an "obvious extension" to what he already creates as an artist.
Luciani's art can be found in private, public and corporate collections globally. An unabridged edition of one-hundred photographs titled "MAMMA, In the Meantime" is in the collection of the local chapter of the Canadian Alzheimer Society. He is represented by Loch Gallery in Toronto, Winnipeg and Calgary.
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