The Future is Memory

Photography can be a vital outlet when life demands everything you have. Created for a self-portrait challenge, The Future is Memory reflects a reality I cannot separate from my own: my role as the primary carer for my wife as she lives with dementia. While these three images capture the progression and weight of her mental illness, the process of making them was equally critical to my own mental health—forcing me to confront the silent strain of caregiving while offering a creative space to process it.