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Anne-Marth Hogewoning and photographer Cigdem Yuksul taught people to open up to dementia. They made the photo series Alzheimer Whispering from the stories they heard and saw, they made special portraits of and with people with dementia. Together with Adelheid, Anne-Marth Hogewoning Cigdem Yuksul developed the Alzheimer Whispering method and started their project of the same name. For the project they went out with people with dementia, their sons, daughters and grandchildren. They listen to their stories and they taught people to be open to dementia, to improvise and let go of shyness. Cigdem Yuksul captured the stories with her camera. The result is the beautiful photo series Alzheimer Whispering.
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Themes: Culture and...
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17 families were involved in the process of taking photos.