Forget Me Not | Jiemian
Muyi Xiao—Jiemian
“If shared memory defines the close relationship between two people, and the memory is lost from one side,” wondered photographer Muyi Xiao, after she lost her grandmother to Alzheimer’s, “does the emotional attachment between the two still exist?” While living in New York City in 2015 and 2016, Xiao met 84-year-old Suzy (last name withheld), who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and her sister-in-law and main caretaker, Roz (last name withheld), and began to photograph their relationship. Meanwhile, back home in the city of Wuhan, Xiao asked her mother to photograph objects that reminded her of her grandmother. Xiao weaves photos of Suzy with those of the objects reminiscent of her grandmother to explore memory, loss, and love.
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“If shared memory defines the close relationship between two people, and the memory is lost from one side,” wondered photographer Muyi Xiao, after she lost her grandmother to Alzheimer’s, “does the emotional attachment between the two still exist?” While living in New York City in 2015 and 2016, Xiao met 84-year-old Suzy (last name withheld), who suffers from Alzheimer’s, and her sister-in-law and main caretaker, Roz (last name withheld), and began to photograph their relationship. Meanwhile, back home in the city of Wuhan, Xiao asked her mother to photograph objects that reminded her of her grandmother. Xiao weaves photos of Suzy with those of the objects reminiscent of her grandmother to explore memory, loss, and love.