Sometimes the daily grind wears you down, sets you up to fail, and takes its toll on your photography. I feel like I've mastered the art of the 20 minute newspaper portrait, and I've been really good lately about making shitty situations look interesting with light, a funky composition or a different angle. So much so, that I've really missed what's most important. Shooting moments.
Anyways, thanks for indulging the rant. Thought I'd share the first photo in months that's meant anything to me.
The beauty of this business is that every once and a while, you get the chance -- however brief -- to have people touch your life that you know will have a lasting effect. Meet Jose and Joan.
Jose Rodriguez's mind is still sharp but his body fails him on simple tasks like speech and movement now since suffering from a stroke in March 2006. Even simple words and phrases elude him, as his wife Joan works with him to say the words "I love you."
While his wife Joan watches, Jose Rodriguez goes through the motions of learning to reuse his muscles with physical therapist Mary Lou Yap during his final rehabilitation session at Town & Country Hospital.
Joan Rodriguez's schedule is constantly being rearranged to shuffle her husband Jose around to various doctors appointments. After his final physical therapy appoint at Town & Country Hospital, Jose waits for another family member to come pick him up and take him home, while Joan scans the parking lot for that ride, since she's already late in getting back to work.
Jose Rodriguez's pride and joy is the 1977 Porsche Targa parked in his garage. Even though he can no longer drive, he still sits in it once a week, starts it up and revs the engine. His wife Joan refuses to sell it because of how happy it makes him.
really love this. especially that first frame. :) Stuff like this gives you some wind doesnt it?
ReplyDeletewhat a great story.
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