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44 images Created 18 Aug 2009

The human face speaks volumes.
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  • Evelyn is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. She, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
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The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Evelyn.tif
  • Evelyn is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. She, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Evelyn2.tif
  • Elizabeth is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. She, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
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The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Elizabeth.tif
  • Tony is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. He, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Tony.tif
  • Tony is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. He, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Tony3.tif
  • Tony is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. He, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Tony2.tif
  • Ernest is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. He, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Ernest.tif
  • Kathy is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. She, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Kathy.tif
  • Latreece is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. She, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Latreece2.tif
  • Latreece is considered a client at Elderhaven, an elderly care facility in Austin. She, like all of the clients there, suffers from the effects of aging--Alzheimer's disease, severe dementia, confusion, loneliness. <br />
<br />
The clients are dropped off in the morning by family members or caretakers and picked up again in the evening. During the day, they are cared for, entertained, and watched after. They are in the twilight of their lives, yet they represent an increasingly prominent facet of human existence. They do so unassumingly.
    Dementia_Latreece.tif
  • CMR-driving-goinghome2.tif
  • In October, it's time to ride the permit area, and find the cattle that have been grazing all summer long in the high pastures.<br />
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You can only hope to ride on a such a beautiful autumn day.<br />
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"It's days like these that made me want to be a rancher," says Bill Fales.
    CMR-Snowmass-BillandMarj.tif
  • "Uncle Willy," Willy B. Steen, one knee replaced, one in need of replacement, sits upon the porch he remodeled when he moved in 35 years ago, in East Austin, Texas.<br />
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"I was married once. But she was a real mean woman: 'be home when I say so' type of woman. So I remoed myself from that situation and I haven't found myself in such a situation since."
    Uncle-Willy1.tif
  • "Uncle Willy," Willy B. Steen, one knee replaced, one in need of replacement, sits upon the porch he remodeled when he moved in 35 years ago, in East Austin, Texas.<br />
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"I was married once. But she was a real mean woman: 'be home when I say so' type of woman. So I remoed myself from that situation and I haven't found myself in such a situation since."
    Uncle-Willy3.tif
  • "Uncle Willy," Willy B. Steen, one knee replaced, one in need of replacement, sits upon the porch he remodeled when he moved in 35 years ago, in East Austin, Texas.<br />
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"I was married once. But she was a real mean woman: 'be home when I say so' type of woman. So I remoed myself from that situation and I haven't found myself in such a situation since."
    Uncle-Willy2.tif
  • Beautiful girl in green light.
    Izzy_green_FINAL.tif
  • A beautiful girl, in black and white.
    Izzy_BW.tif
  • A beautiful woman, bundled against the autumn cold, surrounds herself with golden leaves.
    Izzy_YellowLeaves.tif
  • A visitor to the Denver Art Museum is lit by the glow of an art installation.
    Izzy_DenverArtMuseum.tif
  • In this instance, the photographer was also the boyfriend. And when he had to return to his job during the weekdays, it was always a sad moment.
    FunnyBlood_Doorway_BW.tif
  • "Unbelievable as it might seem, rabbits were used to help doctors destroy my old immune system. Certain cells of my immune system were placed in a rabbit that recognized these cells as foreign and labeled them as such. These labeled cells were then placed back into my body to completely destroy what was left of my immune system. The reactions were so severe that I began to shake uncontrollably. The 'bunnies,' as they became known, were literally hopping inside me." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_OnCouch_BW.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for contemplation.
    FunnyBlood_BaldHead_BW.tif
  • After her diagnosis and initial course of chemotherapy, Karin stayed in the hospital for a month. There was a lot of time to kill.<br />
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"Our minds were rarely sad. We strongly believed and often reminded one another that sadness did not fight cancer. Perhaps the best reminder to both of us and to everyone that was affected by the situation, were our frequent displays of silliness, our capacity for normal behavior under abnormal circumstances." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Shooting3_BW.tif
  • Karin Weidenhammer was 24 years old when she was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia. <br />
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She had come down with a sinus infection that persisted. Though we both assumed it was nothing, Karin--a medical assistant at the time--had her blood drawn and sent to the lab as a precaution. The results that sat in the fax machine the next morning were ominous:<br />
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Elevated WBC with 92 percent blasts consistent with Acute Leukemia.<br />
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Three days later, her parents were there on either side of her bed, unmoving, as the diagnosis was confirmed.
    FunnyBlood_Stare_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy-cringe_BW.tif
  • "Throughout the course of my treatment I must allow the doctors to biopsy my bone marrow to eliminate the possibility of relapse. A heavy-gauge needle is plunged into the rear of my hip so that both a sample of the liquid marrow and the solid bone can be extracted. Even after 8 biopsies it remains an uncomfortable feeling." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Biopsy1_BW.tif
  • Always a fan of hooded sweatshirts, Karin became ever fonder of their protective qualities after losing her hair. She holds her high school graduation photo.<br />
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"Our minds were rarely sad. We strongly believed and often reminded one another that sadness did not fight cancer. Perhaps the best reminder to both of us and to everyone that was affected by the situation, were our frequent displays of silliness, our capacity for normal behavior under abnormal circumstances." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_smile_BW.tif
  • Not every moment of cancer treatment is exciting. Sometimes chemotherapy means a boring, outpatient visit.
    FunnyBlood_BoredChemo_BW.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for contemplation.
    FunnyBlood_InBed_BW.tif
  • November 16, 2001. One year since diagnosis, in her parent's backyard, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
    FunnyBlood_OneYear_2.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for contemplation.
    FunnyBlood_pensive_BW.tif
  • Recovery from a stem-cell transplant is a long and lonely road. Little contact can be had with the outside world--there are too many germs out there. It leaves a lot of time for contemplation.
    FunnyBlood_Sad_BW.tif
  • "At an agonizingly slow pace I have been progressing towards a new, relatively normal life. One of the most excruciating parts of this process had been my inability to be in water, on water, or even near water. Finally, after having waited all summer for my immune system to recuperate, I returned to the shore where I had spent many a childhood vacation. Once I saw the water, I could not turn back. I had to let it touch my toes--if my toes, why not my legs. I settled for a risky dip up to my knees. As a child, I would have settled for nothing less than 8 hours under water. Indeed, a return to a relatively normal life." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_SeaCelebration2_BW.tif
  • After her diagnosis and initial course of chemotherapy, Karin stayed in the hospital for a month. There was a lot of time to kill.
    FunnyBlood_UpsideDown_BW.tif
  • "Our minds were rarely sad. We strongly believed and often reminded one another that sadness did not fight cancer. Perhaps the best reminder to both of us and to everyone that was affected by the situation, were our frequent displays of silliness, our capacity for normal behavior under abnormal circumstances." - Karin Weidenhammer
    FunnyBlood_Wig_BW.tif
  • Richard Heinichen, owner of Rainwater Bottled Water Company, looks to the skies to fill his massive tank farm--dubbed "Tank Town." In the Hill Country west of Austin, well-water is calcium laden, pants-stiffening and virtually undrinkable.
    TX-AguaModerna-TankTown.tif
  • Two red-capped swimmers prepare for a morning dip in Austin's Barton Springs Pool.
    TX-AguaModerna-BartonSprings-RedCaps.tif
  • Neal Cook, owner of Cook's Canoes in Webberville, Texas, points to one of the many points of interest along the stretch of the Colorado River that passes by his business. Formerly with the Texas Department of Parks & Wildlife, Neal has come to see the river as an abused entity, its water levels and flow rates changing at the whim of the LCRA and the state.
    TX-AguaModerna-NealCook.tif
  • For some, the river is not a place for pleasure. Warily, this man (who would not give his name) washes his clothes directly below the Longhorn Dam.
    TX-AguaModerna-washing1.tif
  • Oumansour Si Mohamed and his son, Hameza, spend the morning fishing on Town Lake across from the Holly Street Power Plant.
    TX-AguaModerna-Fishing-HollyPowerPla...tif
  • Sean Pevsner was born with severe cerebral palsy. He is in his final year of law school at the University of Texas.
    Sean-Grimace.tif
  • Sean Pevsner gets excited about dinner.<br />
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Sean Pevsner was born with severe cerebral palsy. Sean is in his final year of law school at the University of Texas.
    Sean-Smile.tif
  • Sean Pevsner was born with severe cerebral palsy.  He speaks with his mentor about a job interview he had with the Department of Labor. Sean is in his final year of law school at the University of Texas.
    Sean-Phone.tif
  • Sean Pevsner, tired from another long day of law school, relaxes on the living room couch.<br />
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Sean Pevsner was born with severe cerebral palsy. Sean is in his final year of law school at the University of Texas.
    Sean-Tired.tif
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