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One of the things I started to think about when I was taking the Foundry Photojournalism Workshop in Istanbul was the idea that photography isn’t just something I want to do when I leave my house and go somewhere to take photographs.

Instead, I want to document the world around me.

After I left Istanbul I went to Tel Aviv to visit my grandmother. She’s always been a strong woman and a role model to me. When I was a kid she read to me for hours on end. The Ramona books were my favorites. Until a couple of years ago, she still went on archeological digs around the Mediterranean, worked in the archives to a museum about the diaspora in Tel Aviv, and attended lectures regularly.

Now, she’s still healthy and active. But she has Alzheimer’s, and I know things will only get worse and not better. She’s still the strong woman I remember, but the problem is all that she doesn’t remember.

| Created on: Jul 13, 2010 | Categories: Uncategorized |