Mom — Joshua Touster Photography

Mom (1988)

I am riding the train from Boston to New York, to visit my mother and to continue to photograph my families vigil, while my mom is dying in the hospital. I have been physically and emotionally exhausted over the past four months as I alternate between two vastly different reasons for making photographs in a hospital setting; weekdays photographing the Mass General Hospital’s annual report, and weekends photographing a personal project focusing on my mother's end-of-life. As the hours pass quietly in my mothers room, I take a photograph of her staring up at me, with a look of both sadness and love on her face. I feel a need to document this passing of time, so I can look back and remember, and try to make sense of all that took place during this incredibly difficult period in my families life.

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#1 Family> Mom

Title: Mom and Grandma
Medium: Archival Family Photograph

#2 Family> Mom

Title: Mom
Medium: Archival Family Photograph

#3 Family> Mom

Title: Mom in College
Medium: Archival Family Photograph

#4 Family> Mom

Title: Mom and Dad’s Wedding Portrait
Medium: Archival Family Photograph

#5 Family> Mom

Title: David, Mom, and Joshua, West 89th Street Apartment, NYC
Medium: Archival Family Photograph

#6 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Fire Island NY
Medium: Archival Family Photograph

#7 Family> Mom

Title: Mom sitting on her sister Nancy’s lap with Howard driving, Bay Harbor Isle FL
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#8 Family> Mom

Title: Helga Souix, Mom and Al’s Apartment, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#9 Family> Mom

Title: Mom and Al, Woodstock NY
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#10 Family> Mom

Title: Grandma Dolly, Hotel Room, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#11 Family> Mom

Title: Grandpa Manny, Hotel Room, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#12 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Grandma and Grandpa, Woodstock NY
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#13 Family> Mom

Title: Grandpa Manny and Grandma Dolly, Woodstock NY
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#14 Family> Mom

Title: Helga Souix, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#15 Family> Mom

Title: Waiting Room, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#16 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#17 Family> Mom

Title: Nancy and Howard in Waiting Room, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#18 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#19 Family> Mom

Title: View from Mom’s Hospital Room Window, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#20 Family> Mom

Title: Self Portrait with David and Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#21 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#22 Family> Mom

Title: Grandpa Manny and Grandma Dolly in waiting room, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#23 Family> Mom

Title: Mom and Knox, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#24 Family> Mom

Title: Al and Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#25 Family> Mom

Title: David and Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#26 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#27 Family> Mom

Title: Grandma Dolly and Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#28 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#29 Family> Mom

Title: Grandma Dolly and Grandpa Manny outside Mom’s room, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

#30 Family> Mom

Title: Mom, Lenox Hill Hospital, NYC
Medium: Silver Gelatin Print from 35mm B&W Negative

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