April 2015: After years of ambiguous dementia, my father was diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s at the age of 64.

The loss of a bright and active mind is a terrible thing. It’s scary and it’s heartbreaking.

These images are the beginnings of a very long documentary project.  My father is the most important person in my life, and I don’t want to miss a moment of his remaining lucidity, even though we live 600 miles apart.  I’m taking notes after every time we speak, recording audio every time I see him and I am photographing his every move. I need to document my father changing and I need to share the experience with others who have been through or are going through similar experiences. Though the slow decline of my father and its effect on my family is very personal, it’s also about everyone else who suffers from Alzheimer’s. Everyone’s story is different, but the one common thread is that this disease is like watching a car crash in slow motion. We all know how it ends. I will be there with my camera until it does.