Tony Luciani: A mother and son's photographic journey through dementia
تونی لوچیانی: سفر تصویری یک مادر و پسر از میان زوال عقل
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,
به خانهام نقل مکان کرد،
with memory loss and accepting her age.
و پذیرش سنش داشت.
as comfortable as possible,
سهپایه نقاشیام بودم،
and see her just ... there.
که او فقط «آنجاست.»
از پلهها بالا میرفت،
and I needed a break from my painting.
و نیاز داشتم تا از نقاشیام جدا شوم.
I had just bought.
که خریده بودم بازی کنم.
it had all sorts of dials,
همه نوع درجههای مختلف داشت،
facing this large mirror,
و مقابل این آینه بزرگ گرفتم،
to the only bathroom in the house.
"I need to use the washroom."
«من باید دستشویی بروم.»
we could do together.
که میتوانستیم با هم انجام دهیم.
mountain village in central Italy,
در مرکز ایتالیا بدنیا آمده بود،
her father died of pneumonia,
with all the heavy chores.
کارهای طاقت فرسا تنها گذاشت.
stranger twice her age.
and was pushed into adulthood.
به سوی بزرگسالی رانده شد.
when she was only 16.
۱۶ ساله بود بدنیا آورد.
حالا در تورنتو زندگی میکرد،
of a very large sewing department.
خیلی بزرگ دوزندگی شد.
of immigrant workers,
from translation books.
روی فرهنگ لغت یاد میداد.
Greek, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish,
اسپانیایی، پرتغالی، دانمارکی،
all around the house.
در خانه تمرین میکرد.
and determination to succeed
برای موفقیت در حیرت بودم
with Mom as portrait model.
با مادرم به عنوان مدل تمرین کردم.
she talked, and I listened.
و من میشنیدم.
and how she was feeling now.
و اینکه حالا چه احساسی دارد.
her younger years.
and I sketched them out.
by acting out the scenarios myself.
طرح داستان را اجرا کند.
more about photography.
عکاسی را یاد میگرفتم.
she felt wanted and needed.
احساس میکرد که خواستنی و مورد نیاز است.
came from an old German film I'd seen,
قدیمی آلمانی که دیده بودم آمده،
looked more like "E.T."
بجایش بدست آمده بیشتر شبیه «ای-تی» است.
thinking it was a total failure,
با این فکر که اصلاً بدرد نمیخورد،
my particular vision.
decided to post it online anyway.
تصمیم گرفتم در اینترنت ارسالش کنم.
of frustration and sadness
ناامیدی و غم به همراه دارد
I forget what they are?"
فراموششان میکنم؟»
I forget what they are?"
فراموششان میکنم؟»
and full-time painter,
all the difficulties, we played.
بازی کردیم.
"How did I get so old, so fast?"
اینقدر پیر شدم؟»
for my oil paintings.
نقاشیهای رنگ روغنم کردم.
to the floor in the basement.
and bring my schoolwork with me.
و مشقهایم را با خود میبردم.
in this overstuffed chair.
and the repetitive stitching sounds
و صدای مکرر سوزن چرخ
in my studio for safekeeping.
و آن را در کارگاهم قرار دادم.
back to my childhood.
sitting behind me,
machine she sewed at
و به دوختنش نگاه میکردم،
to keep her busy and thinking.
که او را مشغول و در فکر نگاه دارد.
10 pictures a day of anything she wanted.
۱۰ عکس از هرچه خواست بگیرد.
in her life before this.
دوربینی بدست نگرفته بود.
and talk about our work.
و درباره کارهایمان صحبت میکردیم.
why they were relevant.
و چرا مرتبط بودند.
would just bluntly say,
with words or without.
حرف آخر با او بود.
hasn't ended with Mom.
living residence,
to be in my house.
But you know what? That's OK.
اما راستش را بگویم. اشکالی ندارد.
when she sees me.
لبخند بزرگی بر چهره دارد.
or ethical on my part.
the reasons for doing them.
I appreciated and loved them.
برایم مهم بودند و دوستشان داشتم.
and really listening.
و واقعاً شنیدن.
a part of something, anything.
که بخشی از چیزی هستند، هر چیز.
exceptionally profound that's shared --
برای همراهی باشد.
from everyone, please?
و لبخندی بزنید؟
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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