Life Before Death: Journeys by Deanna Ng

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Curated and co-presented by Objectifs Centre for Photography and Filmmaking. In September 2008, Deanna Ng was commissioned by the Lien Foundation to document the legacy of hospice patients and the terminally ill for the Legacy Album as part of their Life before Death Campaign. The Legacy Albums celebrate the lives of the subjects. What one would have imagined to be pictures full of gloom and fear for the terminally ill and dying, Deanna chose to document the strength and resilience of the families. This is an ongoing photo project and Deanna is working with three families to document their lives. From the nose cancer patient, the late Mr Ng Wai Mun, who was ever so cheerful despite his illness, and the cervical cancer patient Madam Miriam and her family who seem to face impossible situations in their lives, to the once athletic Mr Phua Hock Seng who is now confined to his bed due to Lou Gehrings disease, this project explores the ups and downs of what the hospice patients and their families go through. If death is a final destination in life, the families have chosen to celebrate their journeys instead.

The exhibition is co-presented together with Objectifs and co-organised with the Institute of Contemporary Art and supported by the Lien Foundation. Exhibition prints are sponsored by EPSON.

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