SO WE WON’T FORGET / DEMENTIE
Part of IMMENSE expo

One in five people in Belgium will develop dementia; some under 65, carrying the label “young-onset dementia.” This doesn’t match the perception of dementia as something exclusive to nursing homes. But how does life go on when your brain no longer functions as it should?

Everyone knows dementia means forgetting things, even your children or partner. Working on this taught me you also eventually forget motor skills; swallowing, writing, walking. For me, this is perhaps the most pure and emotional shoot I’ve ever done: showing people in their strength, photographed together with their caregiver. What is captured on film cannot be forgotten.